<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is near the brokenhearted;p> <p class="poetry">he delivers<n id="1" /> those who are discouraged.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because of my condition,<n id="1" /> even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my neighbors stand far away.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has made his people victorious,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and given all his loyal followers reason to praise &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the Israelites, the people who are close to him.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">Wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses,p> <p class="poetry">jackals will yelp in the once-splendid palaces.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Her time is almost up,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">her days will not be prolonged.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who vindicates me is close by.p> <p class="poetry">Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Who is my accuser?<n id="2" /> Let him challenge me!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Complete prosperity<n id="2" /> is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;and I will heal them.p>

<p class="poetry">You plant them like trees and they put down their roots.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They grow prosperous and are very fruitful.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They always talk about you,p> <p class="poetry">but they really care nothing about you.<n id="3" />p>

on Kerioth and Bozrah. It will come on all the towns of Moab, both far and near.

They say,<n id="1" /> &#8216;The time is not near to build houses;<n id="2" /> the city<n id="3" /> is a cooking pot<n id="4" /> and we are the meat in it.&#8217;

Those both near and far from you will mock you, you with your bad reputation,<n id="1" /> full of turmoil.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine.<n id="1" /> She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians<n id="2" /> &#8211; warriors<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">How awful that day will be!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For the day of the <sc>Lordsc> is near;p> <p class="poetry">it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision,p> <p class="poetry">for the day of the <sc>Lordsc> is near in the valley of decision!<n id="1" />p>

Look, this town<n id="1" /> over here is close enough to escape to, and it&#8217;s just a little one.<n id="2" /> Let me go there.<n id="3" /> It&#8217;s just a little place, isn&#8217;t it?<n id="4" /> Then I&#8217;ll survive.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

You will live<n id="1" /> in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me &#8211; you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

Moses then said to Aaron, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> spoke: &#8216;Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy,<n id="1" /> and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> So Aaron kept silent.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.<n id="1" />

In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the <sc>Lordsc> our God whenever we call on him?

the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth<n id="1" /> to the other).

and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse<n id="1" /> must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.<n id="2" />