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But as for me, I will look to Yahweh; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

You should not rejoice over me, O my enemy! When I fall I will stand up; when I sit in darkness Yahweh will be a light for me.

I will bear the rage of Yahweh, for I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes my justice. He will bring me out to the light; I will see his righteousness.

A day for building your walls; on that day he will extend your boundary.

But the earth will be a desolation because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their deeds.

Who is a God like you, forgiving sin and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love.

For like entangled thorns, and like their drink which is drunk, they will be consumed like fully dry chaff.

Look! On the mountains! The feet of the one who brings good tidings, the one who proclaims peace! "Celebrate a festival, O Judah, Fulfill your vows! For he will not invade you again; the wicked one is cut off completely!"

For Yahweh will restore the majesty of Jacob like the majesty of Israel; for ravagers have ravaged them and ruined their branches.

The lion tore apart enough prey for his cubs, he strangled prey for his lioness; he filled his lair with prey and his den with mangled carcass.

"And it will be that everyone who sees you will flee from you, And they will say, ‘Nineveh is destroyed!' Who will mourn for her? From whence shall I seek comforters for you?"

Yet she went into captivity as an exile; her children were dashed to pieces at the head of the streets; they cast lots for all of her nobles; all of her dignitaries were bound with chains.

Draw water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go to the mud pit! Trample the clay! Grasp the brick mold!

There is no healing for your wound; your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you will clap their hands for joy concerning you, For who has not suffered at the hands of your endless cruelty?

O Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help and you will not listen? How long will I cry out to you, "Violence!" and you will not save?

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice does not go forth perpetually. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

"Look among the nations and see; be astonished and astounded. For a work is about to be done in your days that you will not believe if it is told.

For look! I am raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and impetuous nation, the one who walks through the spacious places of earth to take possession of dwellings not belonging to it.

All of them come for violence, their faces pressing forward. They gather captives like the sand.

Are you not from of old, O Yahweh my God, my Holy One? You shall not die. O Yahweh, you have marked them for judgment; O Rock, you have established them for reproof.