Moral Corruption

The good man is perished out of the earth:
And there is none upright among men :

bewailed They all lie in wait for blood;

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They hunt every man his brother with a net.
That they may do evil

With both hands earnestly,

The prince asketh, and the judge asketh
For a reward;

And the great man,

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So they wrap it up.

The best of them is as a brier :
The most upright is sharper
Than a thorn hedge:

The day of thy watchmen
And thy visitation cometh ;
Now shall be their perplexity.
Trust ye not in a friend,

Put ye not confidence in a guide :
Keep the doors of thy mouth

From her that lieth in thy bosom.

For the son dishonoureth the father,

The daughter riseth up against her mother,
The daughter in law

Against her mother in law;

A man's enemies are the men of his own house.

Therefore I will look unto the LORD;

I will wait for the God of my salvation :
My God will hear me.

God the
Source of

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy:

When I fall, I shall arise;

When I sit in darkness,

The LORD shall be a light unto me.

I will bear the indignation of the LORD,
Because I have sinned against him,

Until he plead my cause,

And execute judgment for me:
He will bring me forth to the light,
And I shall behold his righteousness.

Then she that is mine enemy shall see it,
And shame shall cover her

Which said unto me,

Where is the LORD thy God?

Mine eyes shall behold her

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Now shall she be trodden down

As the mire of the streets.

In the day that thy walls are to be built,
In that day shall the decree be far removed.
In that day also he shall come

Even to thee from Assyria,

And from the fortified cities,

And from the fortress even to the river,
And from sea to sea,

And from mountain to mountain.
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate
Because of them that dwell therein,
For the fruit of their doings.
Feed thy people with thy rod,

Light &
Salvation

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Who is a God like to Thee?

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The flock of thine heritage,

Which dwell solitarily in the wood,
In the midst of Carmel :

Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
As in the days of old.

According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

The nations shall see

And be confounded at all their might:

They shall lay their hand upon their mouth,

Their ears shall be deaf.

They shall lick the dust like a serpent,

They shall move out of their holes

Like worms of the earth:

They shall be afraid of the LORD our God,

And shall fear because of thee.

Who is a God like unto thee,
That pardoneth iniquity,
And passeth by the transgression
Of the remnant of his heritage?
He retaineth not his anger for ever,
Because he delighteth in mercy.
He will turn again,

He will have compassion upon us;
He will subdue our iniquities;
And thou wilt cast all their sins

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vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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God is jealous,

And the LORD revengeth;

The LORD revengeth, and is furious;
The LORD will take vengeance

On his adversaries,

And he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

The LORD is slow to anger,

And great in power,

And will not at all acquit the wicked:

The LORD hath his way in the whirlwind
And in the storm,

And the clouds are the dust of his feet.
He rebuketh the sea,

And maketh it dry,

And drieth up all the rivers:

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Wrath

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And the hills melt,

And the earth is burned at his presence,
Yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Who can stand before his indignation?
And who can abide

In the fierceness of his anger ?

His fury is poured out like fire,

And the rocks are thrown down by him.
The LORD is good,

A strong hold in the day of trouble;

And he knoweth them that trust in him.
But with an overrunning flood

He will make an utter end of the place thereof,
And darkness shall pursue his enemies.
What do ye imagine against the LORD?
He will make an utter end:

Affliction shall not rise up the second time.
For while they be folden together as thorns,
And while they are drunken as drunkards,
They shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
There is one come out of thee,

That imagineth evil against the LORD,
A wicked counsellor.

Thus saith the LORD;

Though they be quiet, and likewise many,
Yet thus shall they be cut down,