God’s Vengeance on the Nations
Who is this who comes from aEdom,With bgarments of 1glowing colors from cBozrah,This One who is majestic in His apparel,2Marching in the greatness of His strength?“It is I, the One who speaks in righteousness, dmighty to save.”Or crimsonLit IncliningPs 137:7; Is 34:5, 6; Ezek 25:12-14; 35:1-15; Obad 1-14; Mal 1:2-5Is 63:2Is 34:6; Jer 49:13; Amos 1:12Zeph 3:172 Why is Your apparel red,And Your garments like one who atreads in the wine press?Rev 19:13, 153 “aI have trodden the wine trough alone,And from the peoples there was no one with Me.I also btrod them in My angerAnd ctrampled them in My wrath;And dtheir 1lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,And I 2stained all My clothes.Lit juiceLit defiledRev 14:20; 19:15Is 22:5; 28:3Mic 7:10Rev 19:134 “For the aday of vengeance was in My heart,And My year of redemption has come.Is 34:8; 35:4; 61:2; Jer 51:65 “I looked, but there was ano one to help,And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;So My bown arm brought salvation to Me,And My wrath upheld Me.Is 59:16Ps 44:3; Is 40:10; 52:106 “I atrampled down the peoples in My angerAnd made them bdrunk with My wrath,And I 1poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”Lit brought down their juice to the earthIs 22:5; 34:2; 65:12Is 29:9; 51:17, 21
God’s Ancient Mercies Recalled
7 I will make mention of the amercies of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD,According to all that the LORD has granted us,And the great bgoodness toward the house of Israel,Which He has granted them according to His ccompassionAnd according to the abundance of His mercies.Ps 25:6; 92:2; Is 54:8, 101 Kin 8:66; Neh 9:25, 35Ps 51:1; 86:5, 15; Is 54:7, 8; Eph 2:48 For He said, “Certainly they are aMy people,Sons who will not deal falsely.”So He became their bSavior.Ex 6:7; Is 3:15; 51:4Is 60:169 In all their distress 1aHe was distressed,And the bangel of His presence saved them;In His clove and in His mercy He dredeemed them,And He elifted them and carried them all the days of old.Another reading is He was not an adversaryJudg 10:16Ex 23:20-23; 33:14, 15Deut 7:7, 8Is 43:1; 52:9Deut 1:31; 32:10-12; Is 46:310 But they arebelledAnd grieved His bHoly Spirit;Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,He fought against them.Ps 78:40; 106:33; Acts 7:51; Eph 4:30Ps 51:11; Is 63:1111 Then aHis people remembered the days of old, of Moses.Where is bHe who brought them up out of the sea with the 1shepherds of His flock?Where is He who cput His Holy Spirit in the midst of 2them,Some mss shepherdLit himPs 106:44, 45Is 51:10Num 11:17, 25, 29; Hag 2:512 Who caused His aglorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,Who bdivided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,Ex 6:6; 15:16Ex 14:21, 22; Is 11:15; 51:1013 Who led them through the depths?Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not astumble;Jer 31:914 Like the cattle which go down into the valley,The Spirit of the aLORD gave 1them rest.So You bled Your people,To make for Yourself a glorious name.Lit himJosh 21:44; 23:1Deut 32:12
You Are Our Father
15 aLook down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious blofty habitation;Where are Your czeal and Your mighty deeds?The dstirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.Deut 26:15; Ps 80:14Ps 68:5; 123:1Is 9:7; 26:11; 37:32; 42:13; 59:17Jer 31:20; Hos 11:816 For You are our aFather, though bAbraham does not know usAnd Israel does not recognize us.You, LORD, are our Father,Our cRedeemer from ancient times is Your name.Is 1:2; 64:8Is 29:22; 41:8; 51:2Is 41:14; 44:6; 60:1617 Why, LORD, do You acause us to stray from Your waysAnd bharden our heart from fearing You?cReturn for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.Is 30:28; Ezek 14:7-9Is 29:13, 14Num 10:3618 Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,Our adversaries have atrampled it down.Ps 74:3-7; Is 64:1119 We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,Like those who were not called by Your name.