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He hath trodden his bow, and set me up, as a mark for the arrow.

New things for the mornings! Abundant is thy faithfulness:

My portion, is Yahweh, saith my soul, For this cause, will I wait for him.

Good is Yahweh, to them who wait for him, to the soul that will seek him;

Good it is - both to wait and to be silent, for the deliverance of Yahweh;

Good it is for a man, that he should bear the yoke in his youth.

They, have laid snares, for me as a bird, who are mine enemies without cause:

The tongue of the suckling, cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst, - Young children, have asked bread, there was none, to break, it to them.

Better are the slain of the sword, than the slain of the famine, - for, these, pine away, stricken through, wanting the produce of the field.

It is for the sins of her prophets, the iniquities of her priests, - who have been pouring out, in her midst, the blood of the righteous!

Silly shall our eyes fail, for our help that is vain: In our watchtower, have we watched - for a nation that will not save.

They have laid snares for our steps, that we cannot walk in our own broadways: Drawn near hath our end, Fulfilled are our days, yea arrived hath our end.

Swifter are our pursuers, than the eagles of the heavens, - Over the mountains, have they come hotly after us, In the wilderness, have they lain in wait for us.

Our water - for silver, have we drunk, our wood - for a price, cometh in.

Fallen is the crown of our head. Surely woe to us, for we have sinned.

For this cause, faint is our heart, For these things, dimmed are our eyes:

For though thou hast not, utterly rejected, us, thou art wroth with us - exceedingly!

As for the likeness of the living ones, their appearance was like live coals of fire burning up like the appearance of torches, the same went to and fro between the living ones, - and the fire had brightness and out of the fire, went forth a lightning.

And I looked at the living ones, - and lo! one wheel upon the earth beside the living ones for each of his four faces,

As for their rings, they were so high that they were terrible, -and their rings full of eyes round about, had they four.