Your lips speak falsehood,

And your tongue muttereth wickedness.
4 No one preferreth his suit in justice,
And no one pleadeth in truth:
Trusting in vanity, and speaking lies;

Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth inquity.
5 They hatch the eggs of the basilisk,
And weave the web of the spider :
He that eateth of their eggs dieth;

And when it is crushed, a viper breaketh forth.

6 of their webs no garment shall be made;

Neither shall they cover themselves with their works : Their works are works of iniquity,

And the deed of violence is in their hands.

7 Their feet run swiftly to evil,

And they hasten to shed innocent blood:
Their devices are devices of iniquity;

Destruction and calamity is in their paths. 8 The way of peace they know not;

Neither is there any judgement in their tracks:
They have made to themselves crooked paths;

Whoever goeth in them, knoweth not peace. 9 Therefore is judgement far distant from us; Neither doth justice overtake us:

We look for light, but behold darkness;
For brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

10 We grope for the wall, like the blind;

And we wander, as those that are deprived of sight:
We stumble at mid-day, as in the twilight;

In the midst of delicacies, as among the dead.
groan all of us, like the bears;

11 We

And like the doves, we make a continued moan.
We look for judgement, and there is none;

For salvation, and it is far distant from us.

12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee;
And our sins bring an accusation against us :
For our transgressions cleave fast unto us;
And our iniquities we acknowledge.

13 By rebelling, and lying, against JEHOVAH;

And by turning backward from following our God: By speaking injury, and conceiving revolt;

And by meditating from the heart lying words. 14 And judgement is turned away backwards; And justice standeth aloof :

For truth hath stumbled in the open street:

And rectitude hath not been able to enter.

15 And truth is utterly lost;

And he that shunneth evil, exposeth himself to be plundered; And JEHOVAH saw it,

And it displeased him, that there was no judgement.

16 And he saw, that there was no man;

And he wondered, that there was no one to interpose : Then his own arm wrought salvation for him;

And his righteousness, it supported him.

17 And he put on righteousness, as a breast-plate;
And the helmet of salvation was on his head :

And he put on the garments of vengeance for his clothing;
And he clad himself with zeal, as with a mantle,

18 He is mighty to recompense;

He that is mighty to recompense will requite:

Wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies;
To the distant coasts a recompense will he requite.
19 And they from the West shall revere the name of JEHOVAH;
And they from the rising of the sun, his glory;

When he shall come, like a river straitened in his course,
Which a strong wind driveth along.

20 And the Redeemer shall come to Sion;

And shall turn away iniquity from Jacob; saith JEHovah.

21 And this is the covenant, which I make with them; saith JE

HOVAH:

My spirit, which is upon thee,

And my words, which I have put in thy mouth;

They shall not depart from thy mouth,

Nor from the mouth of thy seed,

Nor from the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith JEHOVAH :

From this time forth for ever.

CHAP. LX. 1 ARISE, be thou enlightened; for thy light is come; And the glory of JEHOVAH is risen upon thee.

2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth;

But upon thee shall JEHOVAH arise;

And his glory upon thee shall be conspicuous. 3 And the nations shall walk in thy light;

And kings in the brightness of thy sun-rising. 4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see;

All of them are gathered together, they come unto thee:
Thy sons shall come from afar;

And thy daughters shall be carried at the side.

5 Then shalt thou fear, and overflow with joy ;

And thy heart shall be ruffled, and dilated;

When the riches of the sea shall be poured in upon thee;
When the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.

6 An inundation of camels shall cover thee;

The dromedaries of Midian and Epha;

All of them from Saba shall come :

Gold and frankincense shall they bear;

And the praise of JEHOVAH shall they joyfully proclaim. 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee; Unto thee shall the rams of Nebaioth minister:

They shall ascend with acceptance on mine altar;
And my beauteous house I will yet beautify.
8 Who are these, that fly like a cloud?
And like doves upon the wing?

9 Verily the distant coasts shall await me ;
And the ships of Tarshish among the first:
To bring thy sons from afar;

Their silver and their gold with them:
Because of the name of JEHOVAH thy God;

And of the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

10 And the sons of the stranger shall build up thy walls;

And their kings shall minister unto thee:

For in my wrath I smote thee;

But in my favour I will embrace thee with the most tender af

fection.

11 And thy gates shall be open continually;

By day, or by night, they shall not be shut:

To bring unto thee the wealth of the nations;

And that their kings may come pompously attended.

12 For that nation, and that kingdom,

Which will not serve thee, shall perish;

Yea, those nations shall be utterly desolated.

13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee; The fir-tree, the pine, and the box together:

To adorn the place of my sanctuary;

And that I may glorify the place, whereon I rest my feet.

14 And the sons of thine oppressors shall come bending before

thee;

And all, that scornfully rejected thee, shall do obeisance to the

soles of thy feet:

And they shall call thee, The city of JEHOVAH;

The Sion of the Holy One of Israel.

15 Instead of thy being forsaken,

And hated, so that no one passed through thee;
I will make thee an everlasting boast;
A subject of joy for perpetual generations.

16 And thou shalt suck the milk of nations;

Even at the breast of kings shalt thou be fostered:
And thou shalt know that I JEHOVAH am thy saviour;
And that thy redeemer is the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of brass, I will bring gold;

And instead of iron, I will bring silver:

And instead of wood, brass;

And instead of stones, iron.

And I will make thine inspectors peace;
And thine exactors, righteousness.

18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land;
Destruction and calamity, in thy borders:
But thou shalt call thy walls salvation;

And thy gates, praise.

19 No longer shalt thou have the sun for light by day;

Nor by night shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee:

For JEHOVAH shall be to thee an everlasting light,

And thy God shall be thy glory.

20 Thy sun shall no more go down ;

Neither shall thy moon wane:

For JEHOVAH shall be thine everlasting light;

And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

21 And thy people shall be all righteous;

For ever shall they possess the land:

The cion of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

22 The little one shall become a thousand;

And the small one a strong/nation :

I JEHOVAH in due time will hasten it.

CHAP. LXI. 1 THE spirit of JEHOVAH is upon me,
Because JEHOVAH hath anointed me.

To publish glad tidings to the meek hath he sent me ;
To bind up the broken-hearted:

To proclaim to the captives freedom;
And to the bounden, perfect liberty:

2 To proclaim the year of acceptance with JEHOVAH;
And the day of vengeance of our God.
To comfort all those that mourn;

S To impart [gladness] to the mourners of Sion:
To give them a beautiful crown, instead of ashes:
The oil of gladness instead of sorrow ;

The clothing of praise, instead of the spirit of heaviness.

That they may be called trees approved;

The plantation of JEHOVAH for his glory.

4 And they that spring from thee shall build up the ruins of old

times;

They shall restore the ancient desolations:

They shall repair the cities laid waste:

The desolations of continued ages.

And strangers shall stand up and feed your flocks;

And the sons of the alien shall be your husbandmen and vinedressers.

9 But

ye shall be called the priests of JEHOVAH: The ministers of our God, shall be your title. The riches of the nations shall ye eat;

And in their glory shall ye make your boast.

7 Instead of your shame, ye shall receive a double inheritance; And of your ignominy, ye shall rejoice in their portion : For in their land a double share shall ye inherit;

And everlasting gladness shall ye possess.

8 For I am JEHOVAH, who love judgement;

Who hate rapine and iniquity:

And I will give them the reward of their work with faithfulness;

And an everlasting covenant will I make with them:

9 And their seed shall be illustrious among the nations: And their offspring, in the midst of the peoples.