<p class="poetry">You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away;p> <p class="poetry">the wind will scatter them.p> <p class="poetry">You will rejoice in the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.p>

<p class="poetry">Let the desert and its cities shout out,p> <p class="poetry">the towns where the nomads of Kedar live!p> <p class="poetry">Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully;p> <p class="poetry">let them shout loudly from the mountaintops.p>

<p class="poetry">One will say, &#8216;I belong to the <sc>Lordsc>,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and another will use<n id="1" /> the name &#8216;Jacob.&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">One will write on his hand, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and use the name &#8216;Israel.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, all his associates<n id="1" /> will be put to shame;p> <p class="poetry">the craftsmen are mere humans.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them all assemble and take their stand!p> <p class="poetry">They will panic and be put to shame.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">I commission you<n id="1" /> as my spokesman;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I cover you with the palm of my hand,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">to establish<n id="4" /> the sky and to found the earth,p> <p class="poetry">to say to Zion, &#8216;You are my people.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">He was led away after an unjust trial<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">but who even cared?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the rebellion of his own<n id="4" /> people he was wounded.p>

<p class="poetry">The dogs have big appetites;p> <p class="poetry">they are never full.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They are shepherds who have no understanding;p> <p class="poetry">they all go their own way,p> <p class="poetry">each one looking for monetary gain.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You assist<n id="1" /> those who delight in doing what is right,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who observe your commandments.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Look, you were angry because we violated them continually.p> <p class="poetry">How then can we be saved?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards,<n id="1" /> those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice<n id="2" /> &#8211; they will all be destroyed together,&#8221;<n id="3" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="poetry">Learn to do what is right!p> <p class="poetry">Promote justice!p> <p class="poetry">Give the oppressed reason to celebrate!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Take up the cause of the orphan!p> <p class="poetry">Defend the rights of the widow!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All rebellious sinners will be shattered,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who abandon the <sc>Lordsc> will perish.p>

<p class="poetry">Go up into the rocky cliffs,p> <p class="poetry">hide in the ground.p> <p class="poetry">Get away from the dreadful judgment of the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from his royal splendor!p>

<p class="poetry">captains of groups of fifty,p> <p class="poetry">the respected citizens,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">advisers and those skilled in magical arts,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and those who know incantations.p>

<p class="poetry">Tell the innocent<n id="1" /> it will go well with them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for they will be rewarded for what they have done.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you crush my peoplep> <p class="poetry">and grind the faces of the poor?&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies<n id="2" /> has spoken.p>

<p class="poetry">Her gates will mourn and lament;p> <p class="poetry">deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.<n id="1" />p>

He will eat sour milk<n id="1" /> and honey, which will help him know how<n id="2" /> to reject evil and choose what is right.

<p class="poetry">I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem&#8217;s<n id="2" /> or Samaria&#8217;s.p>

<p class="poetry">The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax,p> <p class="poetry">and mighty Lebanon will fall.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Sing to the <sc>Lord,sc> for he has done magnificent things,p> <p class="poetry">let this be known<n id="1" /> throughout the earth!p>