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Stately in the greatness of his strength?'—

'I that speak in victory, mighty to save.'—

²'Wherefore is Thine apparel red,

And Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?'—

³'I have trodden the winepress alone,

And of the peoples there was no man with Me;

Yea, I trod them in Mine anger,

And trampled them in My fury;

And their lifeblood is dashed against My garments,

And I have stained all My raiment.

⁴For the day of vengeance that was in My heart,

And My year of redemption are come.

⁵And I looked, and there was none to help,

And I beheld in astonishment, and there was none to uphold;

Therefore Mine own arm brought salvation unto Me,

And My fury, it upheld Me.

⁶And I trod down the peoples in Mine anger,

And made them drunk with My fury,

And I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.'

 

⁷I will make mention of the mercies of the Lord,

And the praises of the Lord,

According to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us;

And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,

Which He hath bestowed on them according to His compassions,

And according to the multitude of His mercies.

⁸For He said: 'Surely, they are My people,

Children that will not deal falsely';

So He was their Saviour.

⁹In all their affliction He was afflicted,

And the angel of His presence saved them;

In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;

And He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

¹⁰But they rebelled, and grieved His holy spirit;

Therefore He was turned to be their enemy,

Himself fought against them.

¹¹Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses:

'Where is He that brought them up out of the sea

With the shepherds of His flock?

Where is He that put His holy spirit

In the midst of them?

¹²That caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses?

That divided the water before them,

To make Himself an everlasting name?

¹³That led them through the deep,

As a horse in the wilderness, without stumbling?

¹⁴As the cattle that go down into the valley,

The spirit of the Lord caused them to rest;

So didst Thou lead Thy people,

To make Thyself a glorious name.'

 

¹⁵Look down from heaven, and see,

Even from Thy holy and glorious habitation;

Where is Thy zeal and Thy mighty acts,

The yearning of Thy heart and Thy compassions,

Now restrained toward me?

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