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1 Who
is this who
comes from Edom,
with dyed
garments from
Bozrah?
Who is this
who is glorious
in his clothing,
marching in the
greatness of his
strength?
“It is I
who speak in
righteousness,
mighty to save.”
2 Why
is your clothing red,
and your garments like him
who treads in
the wine vat?
3 “I
have trodden the
wine press alone.
Of the peoples,
no one was
with me.
Yes, I trod them
in my anger
and trampled them
in my wrath.
Their lifeblood
is sprinkled on
my garments,
and I have
stained all
my clothing.
4 For
the day of
vengeance was in
my heart,
and the year
of my redeemed
has come.
5 I looked,
and there was no
one to help;
and I wondered
that there was no
one to uphold.
Therefore my own arm
brought salvation
to me.
My own wrath
upheld me.
6 I trod
down the peoples
in my anger
and made them
drunk in my
wrath.
I poured their
lifeblood out on
the earth.”
7 I
will tell of
the loving kindnesses
of the LORD
and the praises
of the LORD,
according to all
that the LORD
has given to us,
and the great
goodness toward
the house of
Israel,
which he has given
to them according
to his mercies,
and according to
the multitude of
his loving kindnesses.
8 For
he said, “Surely,
they are my
people,
children who will
not deal falsely;”
so he became
their Savior.
9 In
all their
affliction he was
afflicted,
and the angel
of his presence
saved them.
In his love and
in his pity
he redeemed them.
He bore them,
and carried them
all the days
of old.
10 But
they rebelled
and grieved his
Holy Spirit.
Therefore he turned
and became
their enemy,
and he himself
fought against
them.
11 Then
he remembered the
days of old,
Moses and his
people, saying,
“Where is he who
brought them up
out of the
sea with the
shepherds of his
flock?
Where is he who
put his Holy
Spirit among them?”
12 Who
caused his
glorious arm to
be at Moses’
right hand?
Who divided the
waters before them,
to make himself
an everlasting
name?
13 Who
led them through
the depths,
like a horse
in the wilderness,
so that
they didn’t stumble?
14 As
the livestock that
go down into
the valley,
the LORD’s Spirit
caused them to
rest.
So you led
your people to
make yourself a
glorious name.
15 Look
down from heaven,
and see from
the habitation of
your holiness and
of your glory.
Where are your
zeal and your
mighty acts?
The yearning of
your heart and
your compassion
is restrained toward me.
16 For
you are our Father,
though Abraham doesn’t know
us,
and Israel does
not acknowledge us.
You, LORD, are
our Father.
Our Redeemer from
everlasting is
your name.
17 O
LORD, why do
you make us
wander from your
ways,
and harden our
heart from your
fear?
Return for your
servants’ sake,
the tribes of
your inheritance.
18 Your
holy people
possessed it but
a little while.
Our adversaries
have trodden down your
sanctuary.
19 We
have become like
those over whom
you never ruled,
like those who
were not called
by your name.