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And thy high places, because of sin, throughout all thy borders.

⁴And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage

That I gave thee;

And I will cause thee to serve thine enemies

In the land which thou knowest not;

For ye have kindled a fire in My nostril,

Which shall burn for ever.

 

⁵Thus saith the Lord:

Cursed is the man that trusteth in man,

And maketh flesh his arm,

And whose heart departeth from the Lord.

⁶For he shall be like a tamarisk in the desert,

And shall not see when good cometh;

But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,

A salt land and not inhabited.

⁷Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord,

And whose trust the Lord is.

⁸For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,

And that spreadeth out its roots by the river,

And shall not see when heat cometh,

But its foliage shall be luxuriant;

And shall not be anxious in the year of drought,

Neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

 

⁹The heart is deceitful above all things,

And it is exceeding weak—who can know it?

¹⁰I the Lord search the heart,

I try the reins,

Even to give every man according to his ways,

According to the fruit of his doings.

 

¹¹As the partridge that broodeth over young which she hath not brought forth,

So is he that getteth riches, and not by right;

In the midst of his days he shall leave them,

And at his end he shall be a fool.

 

¹²Thou throne of glory, on high from the beginning,

Thou place of our sanctuary,

¹³Thou hope of Israel, the Lord!

All that forsake Thee shall be ashamed;

They that depart from Thee shall be written in the earth,

Because they have forsaken the Lord,

The fountain of living waters.

 

¹⁴Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;

Save me, and I shall be saved;

For Thou art my praise.

¹⁵Behold, they say unto me:

'Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.'

¹⁶As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after Thee;

Neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest it;

That which came out of my lips was manifest before Thee.

¹⁷Be not a ruin unto me;

Thou art my refuge in the day of evil.

¹⁸Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed;

Let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed;

Bring upon them the day of evil,

And destroy them with double destruction.

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