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The Lord Alone Wins His Victory

63 Who is this coming from Bozrah in Edom
    with his clothes stained bright red?
    Who is this dressed in splendor,
    going forward with great strength?

“It is I, Yahweh. I am coming to announce my victory.
    I am powerful enough to save you.”

Why are your clothes red
    and your garments like those who trample grapes in a winepress?

“I have trampled alone in the winepress.
    No one was with me.
    In my anger I trampled on people.
    In my wrath I stomped on them.
    Their blood splattered my clothes
    so all my clothing has been stained.
I planned the day of vengeance.
    The year for my reclaiming you has come.
I looked, but there was no help.
    I was astounded that there was no outside support.
    So with my own power I won a victory.
    My anger supported me.
        In my anger I trampled on people.
        In my wrath I made them drunk
            and poured their blood on the ground.”

The Lord’s People Pray for His Help

I will acknowledge Yahweh’s acts of mercy,
    and sing the praises of Yahweh,
        because of everything that Yahweh has done for us.
            He has done many good things for the nation of Israel
                because of his compassion and his unlimited mercy.
He said, “They are my people,
    children who will not lie to me.”
        So he became their Savior.
In all their troubles he was troubled,
    and he was the Messenger who saved them.
    In his love and compassion he reclaimed them.
    He always held them and carried them in the past.
10 But they rebelled and offended his Ruach Qodesh.
    So he turned against them as their enemy; he fought against them.

11 Then his people remembered Moses and the distant past.
    Where is the one who brought them out of the sea
        with the shepherds of his flock?
    Where is the one who put his Ruach Qodesh in them?
12 Where is the one who sent his powerful arm
    to support the right hand of Moses?
    Where is the one who divided the water in front of them
        to make an everlasting name for himself?
13 Where is the one who led them through the deep water?
    Like horses in the wilderness,
    they didn’t stumble.
14 Like animals going down into a valley,
    they were given rest by Ruach Yahweh.
        In this way you guided your people
            to make an honored name for yourself.

15 Look down and see from heaven, from your holy and beautiful dwelling.
    Where is your determination and might?
    Where is the longing of your heart and your compassion?
        Don’t hold back.
16 You are our Ab.
    Even though Abraham doesn’t know us
        and Israel doesn’t pay attention to us,
            O Yahweh, you are our Ab.
                Your name is our Go’el From Everlasting.
17 O Yahweh, why do you let us wander from your ways
    and become so stubborn that we are unable to fear you?
        Return for the sake of your servants.
            They are the tribes that belong to you.

18 Your holy people possessed the land for a little while.
    Our enemies have trampled on your holy place.
19 We have become like those whom you never ruled,
    like those who are not called by your name.

63 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

17 O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.