1 With garments ofa Or crimsonglowing colors from Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
b Lit IncliningMarching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” | |
2 Who is this who comes from Edom, | |
2 Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like the one who treads in the wine press? | |
3 “I have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no man with Me.
I also trod them in My anger
And trampled them in My wrath;
And theirc Lit juicelifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And Id Lit defiledstained all My raiment. | |
4 “For the day of vengeance was in My heart,
And My year of redemption has come. | |
5 “I looked, and there was no one to help,
And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;
So My own arm brought salvation to Me,
And My wrath upheld Me. | |
6 “I trod down the peoples in My anger
And made them drunk in My wrath,
And Ie Lit brought down their juice to the earthpoured out their lifeblood on the earth.” | |
7 I shall make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, the praises of the LORD,
According to all that the LORD has granted us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has granted them according to His compassion
And according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses. | |
8 For He said, “Surely, they are My people,
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became their Savior. | |
9 In all their afflictionf Another reading is He was not an adversaryHe was afflicted,
And the angel of His presence saved them;
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,
And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old. | |
10 But they rebelled
And grieved His Holy Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them. | |
11 Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with theg Some mss read shepherdshepherds of His flock?
Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in the midst ofh Lit himthem, | |
12 Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,
Who 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 stumble; | |
14 As the cattle which go down into the valley,
The Spirit of the LORD gavei Lit himthem rest.
So You led Your people,
To make for Yourself a glorious name. | |
15 Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious habitation;
Where are Your zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me. | |
16 For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, O LORD, are our Father,
Our Redeemer from of old is Your name. | |
17 Why, O LORD, do You cause us to stray from Your ways
And harden our heart from fearing You?
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 trodden it down. | |
19 We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
Like those who were not called by Your name. | |
