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As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed"s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

They hatch cockatrice" eggs, and weave the spider"s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Behold, the LORD"s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.