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Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; At our observation point we have watched For a nation that could not save.

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.

They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

The breath of our nostrils, the LORD'S anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, "In his shadow We shall live among the nations."

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord , was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

Rejoice and be joyful, daughter of Edom, Who lives in the land of Uz; But the cup will pass to you as well, You will become drunk and expose yourself.

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

The punishment of your wrongdoing has been completed, daughter of Zion; He will no longer exile you. But He will punish your wrongdoing, daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins!

The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.