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God's Vengeance on the Nations

¹ Who is this who comes from ^(C1)Edom,
With ^(C2)garments of ^(F1)glowing colors from ^(C3)Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
^(F2)Marching in the greatness of His strength?
"It is I, the One who speaks in righteousness, ^(C4)mighty to save."

² Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who ^(C1)treads in the wine press?

³ "^(C1)I have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no one with Me.
I also ^(C2)trod them in My anger
And ^(C3)trampled them in My wrath;
And ^(C4)their ^(F1)lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And I ^(F2)stained all My clothes.

⁴ "For the ^(C1)day of vengeance was in My heart,
And My year of redemption has come.

⁵ "I looked, but there was ^(C1)no one to help,
And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;
So My ^(C2)own arm brought salvation to Me,
And My wrath upheld Me.

⁶ "I ^(C1)trampled down the peoples in My anger
And made them ^(C2)drunk with My wrath,
And I ^(F1)poured out their lifeblood on the earth."

God's Ancient Mercies Recalled

⁷ I will make mention of the ^(C1)mercies of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD,
According to all that the LORD has granted us,
And the great ^(C2)goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has granted them according to His ^(C3)compassion
And according to the abundance of His mercies.

⁸ For He said, "Certainly they are ^(C1)My people,
Sons who will not deal falsely."
So He became their ^(C2)Savior.

⁹ In all their distress ^(F1)(C1)He was distressed,
And the ^(C2)angel of His presence saved them;
In His ^(C3)love and in His mercy He ^(C4)redeemed them,
And He ^(C5)lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

¹⁰ But they ^(C1)rebelled
And grieved His ^(C2)Holy Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them.

¹¹ Then ^(C1)His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is ^(C2)He who brought them up out of the sea with the ^(F1)shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who ^(C3)put His Holy Spirit in the midst of ^(F2)them,

¹² Who caused His ^(C1)glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,
Who ^(C2)divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,

¹³ Who led them through the depths?
Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not ^(C1)stumble;

¹⁴ Like the cattle which go down into the valley,
The Spirit of the ^(C1)LORD gave ^(F1)them rest.
So You ^(C2)led Your people,
To make for Yourself a glorious name.

You Are Our Father

^15 (C1)Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious ^(C2)lofty habitation;
Where are Your ^(C3)zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The ^(C4)stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.

¹⁶ For You are our ^(C1)Father, though ^(C2)Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, LORD, are our Father,
Our ^(C3)Redeemer from ancient times is Your name.

¹⁷ Why, LORD, do You ^(C1)cause us to stray from Your ways
And ^(C2)harden our heart from fearing You?
^(C3)Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

¹⁸ Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
Our adversaries have ^(C1)trampled it down.

¹⁹ We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
Like those who were not called by Your name.