² Why is your ^(D)apparel red,
    and your garments like his ^(E)who treads in the winepress?

^3 (F)“I have trodden the winepress alone,
    ^(G)and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
    and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood^[a] spattered on my garments,
    and stained all my apparel.
^4 (H)For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
    and my year of redemption^[b] had come.
⁵ I looked, but ^(I)there was no one to help;
    I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me salvation,
    and my wrath upheld me.
⁶ I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
    ^(J)I made them drunk in my wrath,
    and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

^10 (O)But they rebelled
    ^(P)and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
    and himself fought against them.
¹¹ Then he remembered ^(Q)the days of old,
    of Moses and his people.^[d]
(R)Where is he who brought them up out of the sea
    with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is he who put in the midst of them
    his Holy Spirit,
¹² who caused his glorious arm
    to go at the right hand of Moses,
^(S)who divided the waters before them
    ^(T)to make for himself an everlasting name,
¹³     who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
    they did not stumble.
¹⁴ Like livestock that go down into the valley,
    ^(U)the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
So you led your people,
    ^(V)to make for yourself a glorious name.

64 ^(AG)Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,
    ^(AH)that the mountains might quake at your presence—
^2 [g] as when fire kindles brushwood
    and the fire causes water to boil—
^(AI)to make your name known to your adversaries,
    and that the nations might tremble at your presence!
^3 (AJ)When you did awesome things that we did not look for,
    you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
^4 (AK)From of old no one has heard
    or perceived by the ear,
^(AL)no eye has seen a God besides you,
    who acts for those who wait for him.
⁵ You meet him who joyfully works righteousness,
    those who remember you in your ways.
Behold, you were angry, and we sinned;
    in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?^[h]
6 (AM)We have all become like one who is unclean,
    and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
^(AN)We all fade like a leaf,
    and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
^7 (AO)There is no one who calls upon your name,
    who rouses himself to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
    and have made us melt in^[i] the hand of our iniquities.

^8 (AP)But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
    ^(AQ)we are the clay, and you are our potter;
    ^(AR)we are all the work of your hand.
^9 (AS)Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
    ^(AT)and remember not iniquity forever.
    Behold, please look, we are all your people.
^10 (AU)Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
    Zion has become a wilderness,
    Jerusalem a desolation.
^11 (AV)Our holy and beautiful^[j] house,
    where our fathers praised you,
has been burned by fire,
    and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
^12 (AW)Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord?
    Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?

² It is the glory of God to ^(B)conceal things,
    but the glory of kings is to ^(C)search things out.
³ As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,
    so the heart of kings is ^(D)unsearchable.
⁴ Take away ^(E)the dross from the silver,
    and ^(F)the smith has material for a vessel;
⁵ take away ^(G)the wicked from the presence of the king,
    and his ^(H)throne will be established in righteousness.
⁶ Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence
    or stand in the place of the great,
⁷ for ^(I)it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
    than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen
^{8     (J)}do not hastily bring into court,^[a]
for^[b] what will you do in the end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?
^9 (K)Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
    and do not reveal another's secret,
¹⁰ lest he who hears you bring shame upon you,
    and your ill repute have no end.

^11 (L)A word fitly spoken
    is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
¹² Like ^(M)a gold ring or an ornament of gold
    is a wise reprover to ^(N)a listening ear.
¹³ Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
    is ^(O)a faithful messenger to those who send him;
    he refreshes the soul of his masters.
¹⁴ Like ^(P)clouds and wind without rain
    is a man who ^(Q)boasts of a gift he does not give.

¹⁵ With ^(R)patience a ruler may be persuaded,
    and a soft tongue will break a bone.
¹⁶ If you have ^(S)found honey, eat ^(T)only enough for you,
    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.
¹⁷ Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house,
    lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
¹⁸ A man who ^(U)bears false witness against his neighbor
    is like a war club, or ^(V)a sword, or a sharp arrow.
¹⁹ Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble
    is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
²⁰ Whoever ^(W)sings songs to a heavy heart
    is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
    and like vinegar on soda.
^21 (X)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
    and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
²² for you will heap ^(Y)burning coals on his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.
²³ The north wind brings forth rain,
    and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
^24 (Z)It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
²⁵ Like cold water to ^(AA)a thirsty soul,
    so is ^(AB)good news from a far country.
²⁶ Like ^(AC)a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
    is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
²⁷ It is ^(AD)not good to eat much honey,
    nor is it glorious to ^(AE)seek one's own glory.^[c]
28 A man ^(AF)without self-control
    is like ^(AG)a city broken into and left without walls.