616Or, godly
617Or, through wickedness. Lit. from the face of evil.
57: 2 He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh 618in his uprightness.
618Or, straight before him.
57: 3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
57: 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
57: 5 ye that inflame yourselves 619among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
619Or, with idols,
57: 6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered 620an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?
620Or, a meal-offering.
57: 7 Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
57: 8 And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where 621thou sawest it.
621Or, thou providest room for it.
57: 9 And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.
57: 10 Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find 622a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not 623faint.
622Hb. the life of thy hand;
623Hb. sick.
57: 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and thou fearest me not?
57: 12 I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.
57: 13 When thou criest, let 624them that thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he that taketh refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
624Or, thy rabble of idols deliver thee;
57: 14 And 625he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
625Or, it shall be said,
57: 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
57: 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the breaths that I have made.
57: 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid my face and was wroth; and he went on 626backsliding in the way of his heart.
626Hb. turning away in the way of his heart.
57: 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and 627restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
627Hb. recompense
57: 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.
57: 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
57: 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
