The Lord in Judgment and Salvation
1 Whoisthis who comes from Edom,
With dyed garments from Bozrah,
ThisOnewhoisglorious in His apparel,
Traveling in the greatness of His strength?—
“I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
2 WhyisYour apparel red,
And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?
3 “I havetrodden the winepress alone,
And from the peoples no onewaswith Me.
For I have trodden them in My anger,
And trampled them in My fury;
Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,
And I have stained all My robes.
4 For theday of vengeanceisin My heart,
And the year of My redeemed has come.
5 I looked, buttherewasno one to help,
And I wondered
Thattherewasno one to uphold;
# Therefore My ownarm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me.
6 I have trodden down the peoples in My anger,
Made them drunk in My fury,
And brought down their strength to the earth.”
God’s Mercy Remembered
7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of theLord
Andthe praises of theLord,
According to all that theLordhas bestowed on us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies,
According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.
8 For He said, “Surely theyareMy people,
Childrenwhowill not lie.”
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;
# AndHe bore them and carried them
All the days of old.
10 But theyrebelled andgrieved His Holy Spirit;
# So He turned Himself against them as an enemy,
AndHe fought against them.
11 Then heremembered the days of old,
Mosesandhis people,saying:
# “WhereisHe whobrought them up out of the sea
With the shepherd of His flock?
# WhereisHe who put His Holy Spirit within them,
12 Who ledthemby the right hand of Moses,
# With His glorious arm,
# Dividing the water before them
To make for Himself an everlasting name,
13 Who led them through the deep,
As a horse in the wilderness,
Thatthey might not stumble?”
14 As a beast goes down into the valley,
Andthe Spirit of theLordcauses him to rest,
So You lead Your people,
# To make Yourself a glorious name.
A Prayer of Penitence
15 Look down from heaven,
# And seefrom Your habitation, holy and glorious.
WhereareYour zeal and Your strength,
# The yearningof Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?
16 Doubtless Youareour Father,
# Though Abrahamwas ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, OLord,areour Father;
Our Redeemer from EverlastingisYour name.
17 OLord, why have Youmade us stray from Your ways,
Andhardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.
18 Your holy people have possesseditbut a little while;
# Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.
19 We have becomelikethose of old, over whom You never ruled,
Those who were never called by Your name.