Ezekiel 19

English Standard Version

A Lament for the Princes of Israel

19 And you, ^(A)take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, ²and say:

What was your mother? ^(B)A lioness!
    Among lions she crouched;
in the midst of young lions
    she reared her cubs.
³And she brought up one of her cubs;
    ^(C)he became a young lion,
^(D)and he learned to catch prey;
    he devoured men.
⁴The nations heard about him;
    ^(E)he was caught in their pit,
^(F)and they brought him with hooks
    to the land of Egypt.
⁵When she saw that she waited in vain,
    that her hope was lost,
^(G)she took another of her cubs
    and made him a young lion.
⁶He prowled among the lions;
    he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
    he devoured men,
⁷and seized^[a] their widows.
    He laid waste their cities,
and the land was appalled and all who were in it
    at the sound of his roaring.
⁸^(H)Then the nations set against him
    from provinces on every side;
^(I)they spread their net over him;
    ^(J)he was taken in their pit.
⁹With hooks ^(K)they put him in a cage^[b]
    and ^(L)brought him to the king of Babylon;
    they brought him into custody,
that his voice should no more be heard
    on ^(M)the mountains of Israel.

¹⁰Your mother was ^(N)like a vine in a vineyard^[c]
    planted by the water,
^(O)fruitful and full of branches
    ^(P)by reason of abundant water.
¹¹Its strong stems became
    rulers' scepters;
it towered aloft
    among the thick boughs;^[d]
it was seen in its height
    with the mass of its branches.
¹²But the vine was plucked up in fury,
    cast down to the ground;
^(Q)the east wind dried up its fruit;
    they were stripped off and withered.
As for its strong stem,
    fire consumed it.
¹³^(R)Now it is planted in the wilderness,
    in a dry and thirsty land.
¹⁴^(S)And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,
    has consumed its fruit,
^(T)so that there remains in it no strong stem,
    no scepter for ruling.

This is ^(U)a lamentation and has become a lamentation.

Footnotes

Ezekiel 19:7 Hebrew knew
Ezekiel 19:9 Or in a wooden collar
Ezekiel 19:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts in your blood
Ezekiel 19:11 Or the clouds

Psalm 64-65

English Standard Version

Hide Me from the Wicked

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

64 Hear my voice, O God, in my ^(A)complaint;
    preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
²Hide me from ^(B)the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the throng of evildoers,
³who ^(C)whet their tongues like swords,
    who ^(D)aim bitter words like arrows,
⁴shooting from ^(E)ambush at the blameless,
    shooting at him suddenly and ^(F)without fear.
⁵They ^(G)hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of ^(H)laying snares secretly,
thinking, ^(I)“Who can see them?”
⁶    They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
    For ^(J)the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

⁷^(K)But God shoots his arrow at them;
    they are wounded suddenly.
⁸They are brought to ruin, with their own ^(L)tongues turned against them;
    all who ^(M)see them will ^(N)wag their heads.
⁹Then all mankind ^(O)fears;
    they ^(P)tell what God has brought about
    and ponder what he has done.

¹⁰Let ^(Q)the righteous one rejoice in the Lord
and ^(R)take refuge in him!
Let all ^(S)the upright in heart exult!

O God of Our Salvation

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.

65 Praise ^(T)is due to you,^[a] O God, in Zion,
    and to you shall ^(U)vows be performed.
²O you who ^(V)hear prayer,
    to you ^(W)shall all flesh come.
³When ^(X)iniquities prevail against me,
    you ^(Y)atone for our transgressions.
⁴^(Z)Blessed is the one you choose and bring near,
    to ^(AA)dwell in your courts!
We shall be ^(AB)satisfied with the goodness of your house,
    the holiness of your temple!

⁵By ^(AC)awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness,
    O God of our salvation,
the hope of all ^(AD)the ends of the earth
    and of the farthest seas;
⁶the one who by his strength established the mountains,
    being ^(AE)girded with might;
⁷who ^(AF)stills the roaring of the seas,
    the roaring of their waves,
    ^(AG)the tumult of the peoples,
⁸so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs.
You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

⁹You visit the earth and ^(AH)water it;^[b]
    you greatly enrich it;
^(AI)the river of God is full of water;
    ^(AJ)you provide their grain,
    for so you have prepared it.
¹⁰You water its furrows abundantly,
    settling its ridges,
softening it with ^(AK)showers,
    and blessing its growth.
¹¹You crown the year with your bounty;
    your wagon tracks ^(AL)overflow with abundance.
¹²^(AM)The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
    the hills ^(AN)gird themselves with joy,
¹³^(AO)the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
    the valleys deck themselves with grain,
    they ^(AP)shout and sing together for joy.