57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth {it} to heart: and merciful men {are} taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil {to come}.
57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth {it} to heart: and merciful men {are} taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil {to come}.
57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, {each one} walking {in} his uprightness.
57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, {each one} walking {in} his uprightness.
57:3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the lewd.
57:3 But come here, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, {and} thrust out the tongue? {are} ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, {and} stick out the tongue? {are} ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
57:5 Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the cliffs of the rocks?
57:5 Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
57:6 Among the smooth {stones} of the stream {is} thy portion; they, they {are} thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered a meat-offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
57:6 Among the smooth {stones} of the stream {is} thy portion; they, they {are} thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
57:7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither thou wentest up to offer sacrifice.
57:7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even there thou wentest up to offer sacrifice.
57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast uncovered {thyself to another} than me, and hast gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee {a covenant} with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest {it}.
57:8 Behind the doors also and the door posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast uncovered {thyself to another} than me, and hast gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee {a covenant} with them; thou didst love their bed where thou sawest {it}.
57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase {thyself even} to hell.
57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase {thyself even} to hell.
57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; {yet} saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thy hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; {yet} saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thy hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid {it} to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid {it} to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
57:12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
57:12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take {them}: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take {them}: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name {is} Holy; I dwell in the high and holy {place}, with him also {that is} of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name {is} Holy; I dwell in the high and holy {place}, with him also {that is} of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls {which} I have made.
57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always angry: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls {whom} I have made.
57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and smote him: I hid myself, and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to {him that is} far off, and to {him that is} near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to {him that is} far off, and to {him that is} near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
57:20 But the wicked {are} like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
57:20 But the wicked {are} like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
57:21 {There is} no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
57:21 {There is} no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth {it} to heart: and merciful men {are} taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil {to come}.
57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, {each one} walking {in} his uprightness.
57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, {each one} walking {in} his uprightness.
57:3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the lewd.
57:3 But come here, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, {and} thrust out the tongue? {are} ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, {and} stick out the tongue? {are} ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
57:5 Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the cliffs of the rocks?
57:5 Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
57:6 Among the smooth {stones} of the stream {is} thy portion; they, they {are} thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered a meat-offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
57:6 Among the smooth {stones} of the stream {is} thy portion; they, they {are} thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
57:7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither thou wentest up to offer sacrifice.
57:7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even there thou wentest up to offer sacrifice.
57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast uncovered {thyself to another} than me, and hast gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee {a covenant} with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest {it}.
57:8 Behind the doors also and the door posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast uncovered {thyself to another} than me, and hast gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee {a covenant} with them; thou didst love their bed where thou sawest {it}.
57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase {thyself even} to hell.
57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase {thyself even} to hell.
57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; {yet} saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thy hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; {yet} saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thy hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid {it} to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid {it} to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
57:12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
57:12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take {them}: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take {them}: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name {is} Holy; I dwell in the high and holy {place}, with him also {that is} of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name {is} Holy; I dwell in the high and holy {place}, with him also {that is} of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls {which} I have made.
57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always angry: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls {whom} I have made.
57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and smote him: I hid myself, and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to {him that is} far off, and to {him that is} near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to {him that is} far off, and to {him that is} near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
57:20 But the wicked {are} like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
57:20 But the wicked {are} like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
57:21 {There is} no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
57:21 {There is} no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.