²A God zealous and avenging is Jehovah, An avenger is Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger is Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies. ³Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest is His way, And a cloud is the dust of His feet. ⁴He is pushing against a sea, and drieth it up, Yea, all the floods He hath made dry, Languishing are Bashan and Carmel, Yea, the flower of Lebanon is languishing. ⁵Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up is the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it. ⁶Before His indignation who doth stand? And who riseth up in the heat of His anger? His fury hath been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him. ⁷Good is Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him. ⁸And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.

⁹What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress. ¹⁰For while princes are perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried. ¹¹From thee hath come forth a deviser of evil Against Jehovah—a worthless counsellor. ¹²Thus said Jehovah: Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more. ¹³And now I break his rod from off thee, And thy bands I do draw away. ¹⁴And commanded concerning thee hath Jehovah, ‘No more of thy name doth spread abroad, From the house of thy gods I cut off graven and molten image, I appoint thy grave, for thou hast been vile. ¹⁵Lo, on the mountains the feet of one proclaiming tidings, sounding peace! Celebrate, O Judah, thy festivals, complete thy vows, For add no more to pass over into thee doth the worthless, He hath been completely cut off!

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