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Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance-who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence-the world and all its dwellers.

Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

But with an overflowing flood, He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.

He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright-but the righteous will live by his faith-

furthermore, wine betrays; an arrogant man is never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.

Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, with mockery and riddles against him, saying: 'Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?'

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it-or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him."

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.

His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.

Plague went before Him, and pestilence followed in His steps.

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains were scattered; the perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting.

With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.