MLV(i)
1 The righteous man perishes and no man lays it to heart. And merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous man is taken away from the evil.
2 He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
3 But draw near here, you* sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute. 4 Against whom do you* sport yourselves, against whom you* make a wide mouth and put out the tongue? Are you* not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, 5 you* who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree, who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion. They, they are your lot, even to them you have poured a drink offering; you have offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?
7 Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice. 8 And behind the doors and the posts you have set up your memorial. For you have uncovered yourself to another than me and have gone up. You have enlarged your bed and made you a covenant with them. You loved their bed where you saw it.
9 And you went to the king with oil and increased your perfumes and sent your ambassadors far off and debased yourself even to Sheol. 10 You were wearied with the length of your way, yet you did not say, It is in vain. You found a quickening of your strength, therefore you were not faint.
11 And of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Have I not held my peace even of long time and you do not fear me?
12 I will declare your righteousness. And as for your works, they will not profit you. 13 When you cry, let those whom you have gathered deliver you. But the wind will take them; a breath will carry them all away.
But he who takes refuge in me will possess the land and will inherit my holy mountain. 14 And he will say, Cast you* up, cast you* up, prepare the way. Take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a crushed and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the crushed.
16 For I will not contend everlasting, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would faint before me and the souls that I have made. 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and killed* him. I hid my face and was angry and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways and will heal him. I will lead him also and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. 19 I create the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near, says Jehovah and I will heal him.
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, for it cannot rest and its waters cast up mud and dirt. 21 There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
3 But draw near here, you* sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute. 4 Against whom do you* sport yourselves, against whom you* make a wide mouth and put out the tongue? Are you* not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, 5 you* who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree, who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion. They, they are your lot, even to them you have poured a drink offering; you have offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?
7 Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice. 8 And behind the doors and the posts you have set up your memorial. For you have uncovered yourself to another than me and have gone up. You have enlarged your bed and made you a covenant with them. You loved their bed where you saw it.
9 And you went to the king with oil and increased your perfumes and sent your ambassadors far off and debased yourself even to Sheol. 10 You were wearied with the length of your way, yet you did not say, It is in vain. You found a quickening of your strength, therefore you were not faint.
11 And of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Have I not held my peace even of long time and you do not fear me?
12 I will declare your righteousness. And as for your works, they will not profit you. 13 When you cry, let those whom you have gathered deliver you. But the wind will take them; a breath will carry them all away.
But he who takes refuge in me will possess the land and will inherit my holy mountain. 14 And he will say, Cast you* up, cast you* up, prepare the way. Take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a crushed and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the crushed.
16 For I will not contend everlasting, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would faint before me and the souls that I have made. 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and killed* him. I hid my face and was angry and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways and will heal him. I will lead him also and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. 19 I create the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near, says Jehovah and I will heal him.
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, for it cannot rest and its waters cast up mud and dirt. 21 There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.