1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah ? this that is glorious in his apparel , marching in the greatness of his strength ? I that speak in righteousness , mighty to save . 2Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel , and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat? 3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me : yea, I trod them in mine anger , and trampled them in my wrath ; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments , and I have stained all my raiment . 4For the day of vengeance was in my heart , and the year of my redeemed is come. 5And 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 wrath , it upheld me . 6And I trod down the peoples in mine anger , and made them drunk in my wrath , and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
The Lord's Compassion and Mercy
7I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah , and the praises of Jehovah , according to all that Jehovah 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 . 8For he said, Surely , they are my people , children that will not deal falsely : so he was their Saviour . 9In 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 . 10But they rebelled , and grieved his holy Spirit : therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them . 11Then he remembered the days of old , Moses and his people , saying , Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock ? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them ? 12that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses ? that divided the waters before them , to make himself an everlasting name ? 13that led them through the depths , as a horse in the wilderness , so that they stumbled not ? 14As the cattle that go down into the valley , the Spirit of Jehovah caused them to rest : so didst thou lead thy people , to make thyself a glorious name .
A Plea for Deliverance
15Look down from heaven , and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory : where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts ? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me . 16For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not , and Israel doth not acknowledge us : thou , O Jehovah , art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name . 17O Jehovah , why dost thou make us to err from thy ways , and hardenest our heart from thy fear ? Return for thy servants ’ sake , the tribes of thine inheritance . 18Thy holy people possessed it but a little while : our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary . 19We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule , as they that were not called by thy name .