1 When the sinner waxed proud, with a battering-ram he cast down fortified walls, And thou didst not restrain him. (PSS) 2 Alien nations ascended Thine altar, They trampled it proudly with their sandals; (PSS) 3 Because the sons of Jerusalem had defiled the holy things of the Lord, Had profaned with iniquities the offerings of God. (PSS) 4 Therefore He said: Cast them far from Me; . . . . . . (PSS) 5 It was set at naught before God, It was utterly dishonoured; (PSS) 6 The sons and the daughters were m grievous captivity, Sealed was their neck, branded was it among the nations. (PSS) 7 According to their sins hath He done unto them, For He hath left them in the hands of them that prevailed. (PSS) 8 He hath turned away His face from pitying them, Young and old and their children together; (PSS) 9 For they had done evil one and all, in not hearkening. And the heavens were angry, (PSS) 10 And the earth abhorred them; For no man upon it had done what they did, (PSS) 11 And the earth recognized all Thy righteous judgements, O God. (PSS) 12 They set the sons of Jerusalem to be mocked at in return for the harlots in her; Every wayfarer entered in in the full light of day. (PSS) 13 They made mock with their transgressions, as they themselves were wont to do; In the full light of day they revealed their iniquities. (PSS) 14 And the daughters of Jerusalem were defiled in accordance with Thy judgement, Because they had defiled themselves with unnatural intercourse. (PSS) 15 I am pained in my bowels and my inward parts for these things. (PSS) 16 And yet I will justify Thee, O God, in uprightness of heart, For in Thy judgements is Thy righteousness displayed, O God. (PSS) 17 For Thou hast rendered to the sinners according to their deeds, Yea, according to their sins, which were very wicked. (PSS) 18 Thou hast uncovered their sins, that Thy judgement might be manifest; Thou hast wiped out their memorial from the earth. (PSS) 19 God is a righteous judge, And he is no respecter of persons. (PSS) 20 For the nations reproached Jerusalem, trampling it down; Her beauty was dragged down from the throne of glory. (PSS) 21 She girded on sackcloth instead of comely raiment, A rope was about her head instead of a crown. (PSS) 22 She put off the glorious diadem which God had set upon her, In dishonour was her beauty cast upon the ground. (PSS) 23 And I saw and entreated the Lord and said, Long enough, O Lord has Thine hand been heavy on Israel, in bringing the nations upon them. (PSS) 24 For they have made sport unsparingly in wrath and fierce anger; And they will make an utter end, unless Thou, O Lord, rebuke them in Thy wrath. (PSS) 25 For they have done. it not in zeal, but in lust of soul, Pouring out their wrath upon us with a view to rapine. (PSS) 26 Delay not, O God, to recompense them on their heads, To turn th… (PSS)
Psalms of Solomon 2:1–38
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