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\c 63
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\q1
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\v 1 I ask, "Who is this who is coming from the city of Bozrah in Edom,
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\q2 whose clothes are stained red from blood?
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\q1 Who is this who is wearing beautiful robes?"
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\q2 He replies, "It is I, Yahweh, declaring that I have defeated your enemies,
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\q1 and I am able to rescue you!"
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\q1
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\v 2 I ask him, "What are those red spots on your clothes?
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\q2 It appears that you have been treading on grapes to make wine."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 He replies, "I have been treading on my enemies, not on grapes.
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\q2 I did it myself; no one helped me.
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\q1 I punished them because I was very angry with them,
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\q2 and my clothes became stained with their blood.
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\q1
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\v 4 I did that because it was time for me to get revenge;
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\q2 it was time to rescue my people from those who had oppressed them.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 I searched for someone who would enable me to help my people,
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\q2 but I was amazed that there was no one to help me.
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\q1 So I defeated their enemies with my own power;
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\q2 I was able to do that because I was very angry.
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\q1
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\v 6 Because I was extremely angry, I punished the nations;
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\q2 I caused them to stagger like drunk men,
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\q1 and I caused their blood to pour out on the ground."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 I will tell about all the things that Yahweh has done for his people because of his faithful love for them,
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\q2 and I will praise him for all that he has done.
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\q1 Yahweh has done good things for us people of Israel;
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\q2 he has acted mercifully toward us
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\q2 and he has steadfastly and faithfully loved us.
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\v 8 Yahweh said, "These are my people;
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\q2 they will not deceive me";
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\q2 so he rescued us.
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\q1
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\v 9 When we had many troubles,
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\q2 he was sad also.
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\q1 He sent his angel from before his presence to rescue us.
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\q2 Because he loved us and was merciful to us,
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\q2 he saved us;
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\q2 it was as though he had picked our ancestors up and carried them all those years during which they were oppressed in Egypt.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 10 But we rebelled against him,
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\q2 and we caused his Holy Spirit to be sad.
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\q1 So he became like an enemy
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\q2 who fought against us.
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\v 11 Then we thought about what happened long ago,
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\q2 during the time when Moses led our ancestors out of Egypt.
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\q1 We cried out, "Where is the one who brought our ancestors through the Sea of Reeds
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\q2 while Moses led them?
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\q1 Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit
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\q2 to be among our ancestors?
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\q1
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\v 12 Where is the one who showed his glorious power
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\q2 and caused the water to separate when Moses lifted his arm above it,
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\q1 with the result that he will be honored forever?
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\v 13 Where is the one who led our ancestors while they walked through the seabed?
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\q2 They were like horses that were racing along and never stumbled.
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\v 14 They were like cattle that walk down into a valley to rest,
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\q2 and the Spirit of Yahweh enabled them to go to a place where they could rest.
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\q1 Yahweh, you led your people,
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\q2 and you caused yourself to be praised."
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\q1
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\v 15 "Yahweh, look down from heaven;
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\q2 look down on us from your holy and glorious home.
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\q1 You were previously very concerned about us, and you acted powerfully to help us.
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\q2 But it seems that you do not act mercifully and zealously for us anymore.
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\v 16 You are our father, even if
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\q2 Abraham does not know what is happening to us,
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\q2 and Jacob is not concerned about us, either,
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\q1 but Yahweh, you are our father;
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\q2 you rescued us long ago.
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\v 17 Yahweh, why did you cause us to wander away from your road?
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\q2 Why did you cause us to be stubborn in our inner beings,
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\q2 with the result that we no longer honor you?
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\q1 Help us like you did previously,
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\q2 because we are the people who serve you and belong to you.
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\q1
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\v 18 We, your holy people, possessed your sacred temple for only a short time,
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\q2 and now our enemies have destroyed it.
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\v 19 Now it seems as though we never were ruled by you,
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\q2 as though we never belonged to you."
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