Dual Panel1The righteous <06662> perisheth <06> (8804)_, and no man <0376> layeth <07760> (8802) [it] to heart <03820>_: and merciful <02617> men <0582> [are] taken away <0622> (8737)_, none considering <0995> (8688) that the righteous <06662> is taken away <0622> (8738) from <06440> the evil <07451> [to come]. {merciful...: Heb. men of kindness, or, godliness} {from...: or, from that which is evil}
2He shall enter <0935> (8799) into peace <07965>_: they shall rest <05117> (8799) in their beds <04904>_, [each one] walking <01980> (8802) [in] his uprightness <05228>_. {enter into: or, go in} {in his...: or, before him}
3But draw near <07126> (8798) hither, ye sons <01121> of the sorceress <06049> (8781)_, the seed <02233> of the adulterer <05003> (8764) and the whore <02181> (8799)_.
4Against whom do ye sport <06026> (8691) yourselves? against whom make ye a wide <07337> (8686) mouth <06310>_, [and] draw out <0748> (8686) the tongue <03956>_? [are] ye not children <03206> of transgression <06588>_, a seed <02233> of falsehood <08267>_,
5Enflaming <02552> (8737) yourselves with idols <0410> under every green <07488> tree <06086>_, slaying <07819> (8802) the children <03206> in the valleys <05158> under the clifts <05585> of the rocks <05553>_? {with...: or, among the oaks}
6Among the smooth <02511> [stones] of the stream <05158> [is] thy portion <02506>_; they, they [are] thy lot <01486>_: even to them hast thou poured <08210> (8804) a drink offering <05262>_, thou hast offered <05927> (8689) a meat offering <04503>_. Should I receive comfort <05162> (8735) in these?
7Upon a lofty <01364> and high <05375> (8737) mountain <02022> hast thou set <07760> (8804) thy bed <04904>_: even thither wentest thou up <05927> (8804) to offer <02076> (8800) sacrifice <02077>_.
8Behind <0310> the doors <01817> also and the posts <04201> hast thou set up <07760> (8804) thy remembrance <02146>_: for thou hast discovered <01540> (8765) [thyself to another] than me, and art gone up <05927> (8799)_; thou hast enlarged <07337> (8689) thy bed <04904>_, and made <03772> (8799) thee [a covenant] with them; thou lovedst <0157> (8804) their bed <04904> where <03027> thou sawest <02372> (8804) [it]. {made...: or, hewed it for thyself larger than theirs} {where...: or, thou providedst room}
9And thou wentest <07788> (8799) to the king <04428> with ointment <08081>_, and didst increase <07235> (8686) thy perfumes <07547>_, and didst send <07971> (8762) thy messengers <06735> far off <07350>_, and didst debase <08213> (8686) [thyself even] unto hell <07585>_. {thou...: or, thou respectedst}
10Thou art wearied <03021> (8804) in the greatness <07230> of thy way <01870>_; [yet] saidst <0559> (8804) thou not, There is no hope <02976> (8737)_: thou hast found <04672> (8804) the life <02416> of thine hand <03027>_; therefore thou wast not grieved <02470> (8804)_. {life: or, living}
11And of whom hast thou been afraid <01672> (8804) or feared <03372> (8799)_, that thou hast lied <03576> (8762)_, and hast not remembered <02142> (8804) me, nor laid <07760> (8804) [it] to thy heart <03820>_? have not I held my peace <02814> (8688) even of old <05769>_, and thou fearest <03372> (8799) me not?
12I will declare <05046> (8686) thy righteousness <06666>_, and thy works <04639>_; for they shall not profit <03276> (8686) thee.
13When thou criest <02199> (8800)_, let thy companies <06899> deliver <05337> (8686) thee; but the wind <07307> shall carry them all away <05375> (8799)_; vanity <01892> shall take <03947> (8799) [them]: but he that putteth his trust <02620> (8802) in me shall possess <05157> (8799) the land <0776>_, and shall inherit <03423> (8799) my holy <06944> mountain <02022>_;
14And shall say <0559> (8804)_, Cast ye up <05549> (8798)_, cast ye up <05549> (8798)_, prepare <06437> (8761) the way <01870>_, take up <07311> (8685) the stumblingblock <04383> out of the way <01870> of my people <05971>_.
15For thus saith <0559> (8804) the high <07311> (8802) and lofty One <05375> (8737) that inhabiteth <07931> (8802) eternity <05703>_, whose name <08034> [is] Holy <06918>_; I dwell <07931> (8799) in the high <04791> and holy <06918> [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite <01793> and humble <08217> spirit <07307>_, to revive <02421> (8687) the spirit <07307> of the humble <08217>_, and to revive <02421> (8687) the heart <03820> of the contrite ones <01792> (8737)_.
16For I will not contend <07378> (8799) for ever <05769>_, neither will I be always <05331> wroth <07107> (8799)_: for the spirit <07307> should fail <05848> (8799) before <06440> me, and the souls <05397> [which] I have made <06213> (8804)_.
17For the iniquity <05771> of his covetousness <01215> was I wroth <07107> (8804)_, and smote <05221> (8686) him: I hid <05641> (8687) me, and was wroth <07107> (8799)_, and he went on <03212> (8799) frowardly <07726> in the way <01870> of his heart <03820>_. {frowardly: Heb. turning away}
18I have seen <07200> (8804) his ways <01870>_, and will heal <07495> (8799) him: I will lead <05148> (8686) him also, and restore <07999> (8762) comforts <05150> unto him and to his mourners <057>_.
19I create <01254> (8802) the fruit <05108> of the lips <08193>_; Peace <07965>_, peace <07965> to [him that is] far off <07350>_, and to [him that is] near <07138>_, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_; and I will heal <07495> (8804) him.
20But the wicked <07563> [are] like the troubled <01644> (8737) sea <03220>_, when it cannot <03201> (8799) rest <08252> (8687)_, whose waters <04325> cast up <01644> (8799) mire <07516> and dirt <02916>_.
21[There is] no peace <07965>_, saith <0559> (8804) my God <0430>_, to the wicked <07563>_.