<vn='1'>The <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="6">perisheth</s>, and <sn="369">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="7760">layeth</s> it <sn="5921">to</s><sn="3820">heart</s>: and <sn="2617">merciful</s><sn="376">men</s> are taken <sn="622">away</s>, <sn="369">none</s><sn="995">considering</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="6662">righteous</s> is taken <sn="622">away</s><sn="4480 6440">from</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s> to come. </v>
<vn='2'>He shall <sn="935">enter</s> into <sn="7965">peace</s>: they shall <sn="5117">rest</s><sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="4904">beds</s>, each one <sn="1980">walking</s> in his <sn="5228">uprightness</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>But draw <sn="7126">near</s><sn="2008">hither</s>, <sn="859">ye</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of the <sn="6049">sorceress</s>, the <sn="2233">seed</s> of the <sn="5003">adulterer</s> and the <sn="2181">whore</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="5921">Against</s><sn="4310">whom</s> do ye sport <sn="6026">yourselves</s>? <sn="5921">against</s><sn="4310">whom</s> make ye a <sn="7337">wide</s><sn="6310">mouth</s>, and draw <sn="748">out</s> the <sn="3956">tongue</s>? are <sn="859">ye</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3206">children</s> of <sn="6588">transgression</s>, a <sn="2233">seed</s> of <sn="8267">falsehood</s>, </v>
<vn='5'>Inflaming <sn="2552">yourselves</s> with <sn="410">idols</s><sn="8478">under</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="7488">green</s><sn="6086">tree</s>, <sn="7819">slaying</s> the <sn="3206">children</s> in the <sn="5158">valleys</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="5585">clefts</s> of the <sn="5553">rocks</s>? </v>
<vn='6'>Among the <sn="2511">smooth</s> stones of the <sn="5158">stream</s> is thy <sn="2506">portion</s>; <sn="1992">they</s>, <sn="1992">they</s> are thy <sn="1486">lot</s>: <sn="1571">even</s> to them hast thou <sn="8210">poured</s> a drink <sn="5262">offering</s>, thou hast <sn="5927">offered</s> a meat <sn="4503">offering</s>. Should I receive <sn="5162">comfort</s><sn="5921">in</s><sn="428">these</s>? </v>
<vn='7'><sn="5921">Upon</s> a <sn="1364">lofty</s> and <sn="5375">high</s><sn="2022">mountain</s> hast thou <sn="7760">set</s> thy <sn="4904">bed</s>: <sn="1571">even</s><sn="8033">thither</s> wentest thou <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="2076">offer</s><sn="2077">sacrifice</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="310">Behind</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> also and the <sn="4201">posts</s> hast thou set <sn="7760">up</s> thy <sn="2146">remembrance</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thou hast <sn="1540">discovered</s> thyself to another <sn="4480 854">than</s> me, and art gone <sn="5927">up</s>; thou hast <sn="7337">enlarged</s> thy <sn="4904">bed</s>, and <sn="3772">made</s> thee a covenant <sn="4480">with</s> them; thou <sn="157">lovedst</s> their <sn="4904">bed</s><sn="3027">where</s> thou <sn="2372">sawest</s> it. </v>
<vn='9'>And thou <sn="7788">wentest</s> to the <sn="4428">king</s> with <sn="8081">ointment</s>, and didst <sn="7235">increase</s> thy <sn="7547">perfumes</s>, and didst <sn="7971">send</s> thy <sn="6735">messengers</s> far <sn="5704 4480 7350">off</s>, and didst <sn="8213">debase</s> thyself even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="7585">hell</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Thou art <sn="3021">wearied</s> in the <sn="7230">greatness</s> of thy <sn="1870">way</s>; yet <sn="559">saidst</s> thou <sn="3808">not</s>, There is no <sn="2976">hope</s>: thou hast <sn="4672">found</s> the <sn="2416">life</s> of thine <sn="3027">hand</s>; <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> thou wast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2470">grieved</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And of <sn="4310">whom</s> hast thou been <sn="1672">afraid</s> or <sn="3372">feared</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou hast <sn="3576">lied</s>, and hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2142">remembered</s> me, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="7760">laid</s> it <sn="5921">to</s> thy <sn="3820">heart</s>? have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="589">I</s> held my <sn="2814">peace</s> even of <sn="4480 5769">old</s>, and thou <sn="3372">fearest</s> me <sn="3808">not</s>? </v>
<vn='12'><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="5046">declare</s> thy <sn="6666">righteousness</s>, and thy <sn="4639">works</s>; for they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3276">profit</s> thee. </v>
<vn='13'>When thou <sn="2199">criest</s>, let thy <sn="6899">companies</s><sn="5337">deliver</s> thee; but the <sn="7307">wind</s> shall carry them all <sn="5375 *853 3605">away</s>; <sn="1892">vanity</s> shall <sn="3947">take</s> them: but he that putteth his <sn="2620">trust</s> in me shall <sn="5157">possess</s> the <sn="776">land</s>, and shall <sn="3423">inherit</s> my <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="2022">mountain</s>; </v>
<vn='14'>And shall <sn="559">say</s>, Cast ye <sn="5549">up</s>, cast ye <sn="5549">up</s>, <sn="6437">prepare</s> the <sn="1870">way</s>, take <sn="7311">up</s> the <sn="4383">stumblingblock</s> out of the <sn="4480 1870">way</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="7311">high</s> and lofty <sn="5375">One</s> that <sn="7931">inhabiteth</s><sn="5703">eternity</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> is <sn="6918">Holy</s>; I <sn="7931">dwell</s> in the <sn="4791">high</s> and <sn="6918">holy</s> place, <sn="854">with</s> him also that is of a <sn="1793">contrite</s> and <sn="8217">humble</s><sn="7307">spirit</s>, to <sn="2421">revive</s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s> of the <sn="8217">humble</s>, and to <sn="2421">revive</s> the <sn="3820">heart</s> of the contrite <sn="1792">ones</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">For</s> I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7378">contend</s><sn="5769">forever</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> will I be always <sn="7107 5331">wroth</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s> should <sn="5848">fail</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> me, and the <sn="5397">souls</s> which <sn="589">I</s> have <sn="6213">made</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>For the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of his <sn="1215">covetousness</s> was I <sn="7107">wroth</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s> him: I <sn="5641">hid</s> me, and was <sn="7107">wroth</s>, and he <sn="1980">went</s> on <sn="7726">frowardly</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s> of his <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>I have <sn="7200">seen</s> his <sn="1870">ways</s>, and will <sn="7495">heal</s> him: I will <sn="5148">lead</s> him also, and <sn="7999">restore</s><sn="5150">comforts</s> unto him and to his <sn="57">mourners</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>I <sn="1254">create</s> the <sn="5108">fruit</s> of the <sn="8193">lips</s>; <sn="7965">Peace</s>, <sn="7965">peace</s> to him that is far <sn="7350">off</s>, and to him that is <sn="7138">near</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and I will <sn="7495">heal</s> him. </v>
<vn='20'>But the <sn="7563">wicked</s> are like the <sn="1644">troubled</s><sn="3220">sea</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> it <sn="3201 3808">cannot</s><sn="8252">rest</s>, whose <sn="4325">waters</s> cast <sn="1644">up</s><sn="7516">mire</s> and <sn="2916">dirt</s>. </v>
<vn='21'> There is <sn="369">no</s><sn="7965">peace</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> my <sn="430">God</s>, to the <sn="7563">wicked</s>. </v>