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{\MT MICAH.



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\MM \VerseOne{1}{\SC{The}} word of the
{\SC{Lord}} that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz,
{\ADD{and}} Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Hear, all ye people;

\par }{\Q Hearken, O earth, and all that therein is:

\par }{\Q And let the Lord
{\SC{God}} be witness against you,

\par }{\Q The Lord from his holy temple.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For behold, the
{\SC{Lord}} cometh forth out of his place,

\par }{\Q And will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}And the mountains shall be molten under him,

\par }{\Q And the valleys shall be cleft,

\par }{\Q As wax before the fire,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} as the waters
{\ADD{that are}} poured down a steep place.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For the transgression of Jacob
{\ADD{is}} all this,

\par }{\Q And for the sins of the house of Israel.

\par }{\Q What
{\ADD{is}} the transgression of Jacob?
{\ADD{is it}} not Samaria?

\par }{\Q And what
{\ADD{are}} the high places of Judah?
{\ADD{are they}} not Jerusalem?


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} as plantings of a vineyard:

\par }{\Q And I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley,

\par }{\Q And I will discover the foundations thereof.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces,

\par }{\Q And all the hires thereof shall be burnt with the fire,

\par }{\Q And all the idols thereof will I lay desolate:

\par }{\Q For she gathered
{\ADD{it}} of the hire of a harlot,

\par }{\Q And they shall return to the hire of a harlot.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Therefore I will wail and howl,

\par }{\Q I will go stript and naked:

\par }{\Q I will make a wailing like the dragons,

\par }{\Q And mourning as the owls.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For her wound
{\ADD{is}} incurable;

\par }{\Q For it is come unto Judah;

\par }{\Q He is come unto the gate of my people,
{\ADD{even}} to Jerusalem.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Declare ye
{\ADD{it}} not at Gath, weep ye not at all:

\par }{\Q In the house of Aphrah roll thyself
{\ADD{in}} the dust.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having
{\ADD{thy}} shame naked:

\par }{\Q The inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth
{\ADD{in}} the mourning of Beth-ezel;

\par }{\Q He shall receive of you his standing.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good:

\par }{\Q But evil came down from the
{\SC{Lord}} unto the gate of Jerusalem.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast:

\par }{\Q She
{\ADD{is}} the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion:

\par }{\Q For the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath:

\par }{\Q The houses of Achzib
{\ADD{shall be}} a lie to the kings of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah:

\par }{\Q He shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children;

\par }{\Q Enlarge thy baldness as the eagle;

\par }{\Q For they are gone into captivity from thee.


\par }{\BB \par }


\PoetryChap{2}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds!

\par }{\Q When the morning is light, they practise it,

\par }{\Q Because it is in the power of their hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}And they covet fields, and take
{\ADD{them}} by violence;

\par }{\Q And houses, and take
{\ADD{them}} away:

\par }{\Q So they oppress a man and his house,

\par }{\Q Even a man and his heritage.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Therefore thus saith the
{\SC{Lord}};

\par }{\Q Behold, against this family do I devise an evil,

\par }{\Q From which ye shall not remove your necks;

\par }{\Q Neither shall ye go haughtily:

\par }{\Q For this time
{\ADD{is}} evil.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}In that day shall
{\ADD{one}} take up a parable against you,

\par }{\Q And lament with a doleful lamentation,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} say, We be utterly spoiled:

\par }{\Q He hath changed the portion of my people:

\par }{\Q How hath he removed
{\ADD{it}} from me!

\par }{\Q Turning away he hath divided our fields.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot

\par }{\Q In the congregation of the
{\SC{Lord}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Prophesy ye not,
{\ADD{say they to them that}} prophesy:

\par }{\Q They shall not prophesy to them,
{\ADD{that}} they shall not take shame.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}O
{\ADD{thou that art}} named the house of Jacob,

\par }{\Q Is the spirit of the
{\SC{Lord}} straitened?

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Are}} these his doings?

\par }{\Q Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy:

\par }{\Q Ye pull off the robe with the garment

\par }{\Q From them that pass by securely
{\ADD{as men}} averse from war.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses;

\par }{\Q From their children have ye taken
{\ADD{away}} my glory for ever.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Arise ye, and depart; for this
{\ADD{is}} not
{\ADD{your}} rest:

\par }{\Q Because it is polluted, it shall destroy
{\ADD{you}}, even
{\ADD{with}} a sore destruction.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}If a man walking
{\ADD{in}} the spirit and falsehood do lie,
{\ADD{saying}},

\par }{\Q I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink;

\par }{\Q He shall even be the prophet of this people.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee;

\par }{\Q I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;

\par }{\Q I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah,

\par }{\Q As the flock in the midst of their fold:

\par }{\Q They shall make great noise by reason of
{\ADD{the multitude of}} men.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}The breaker is come up before them:

\par }{\Q They have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it:

\par }{\Q And their king shall pass before them,

\par }{\Q And the
{\SC{Lord}} on the head of them.


\par }{\BB \par }


\PoetryChap{3}{\Q \VerseOne{1}And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob,

\par }{\Q And ye princes of the house of Israel;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Is it}} not for you to know judgment?


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Who hate the good, and love the evil;

\par }{\Q Who pluck off their skin from off them,

\par }{\Q And their flesh from off their bones;


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Who also eat the flesh of my people,

\par }{\Q And flay their skin from off them;

\par }{\Q And they break their bones,

\par }{\Q And chop
{\ADD{them}} in pieces, as for the pot,

\par }{\Q And as flesh within the caldron.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Then shall they cry unto the
{\SC{Lord}}, but he will not hear them:

\par }{\Q He will even hide his face from them at that time,

\par }{\Q As they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Thus saith the
{\SC{Lord}} concerning the prophets that make my people err,

\par }{\Q That bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace;

\par }{\Q And he that putteth not into their mouths,

\par }{\Q They even prepare war against him.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Therefore night
{\ADD{shall be}} unto you, that
{\ADD{ye}} shall not have a vision;

\par }{\Q And it shall be dark unto you, that
{\ADD{ye}} shall not divine;

\par }{\Q And the sun shall go down over the prophets,

\par }{\Q And the day shall be dark over them.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded:

\par }{\Q Yea, they shall all cover their lips;

\par }{\Q For
{\ADD{there is}} no answer of God.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}But truly I am full
{\ADD{of}} power by the spirit of the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{of}} judgment, and
{\ADD{of}} might,

\par }{\Q To declare unto Jacob his transgression,

\par }{\Q And to Israel his sin.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob,

\par }{\Q And princes of the house of Israel,

\par }{\Q That abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}They build up Zion with blood,

\par }{\Q And Jerusalem with iniquity.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}The heads thereof judge for reward,

\par }{\Q And the priests thereof teach for hire,

\par }{\Q And the prophets thereof divine for money:

\par }{\Q Yet will they lean upon the
{\SC{Lord}}, and say,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Is}} not the
{\SC{Lord}} among us?

\par }{\Q None evil can come upon us.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed
{\ADD{as}} a field,

\par }{\Q And Jerusalem shall become heaps,

\par }{\Q And the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.


\par }{\BB \par }


\PoetryChap{4}{\Q \VerseOne{1}But in the last days it shall come to pass,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{That}} the mountain of the house of the
{\SC{Lord}} shall be established in the top of the mountains,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{it shall be}} exalted above the hills;

\par }{\Q And people shall flow unto it.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}And many nations shall come, and say,

\par }{\Q Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q And to the house of the God of Jacob;

\par }{\Q And he will teach us of his ways,

\par }{\Q And we will walk in his paths:

\par }{\Q For the law shall go forth of Zion,

\par }{\Q And the word of the
{\SC{Lord}} from Jerusalem.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}And he shall judge among many people,

\par }{\Q And rebuke strong nations afar off;

\par }{\Q And they shall beat their swords into plowshares,

\par }{\Q And their spears into pruninghooks:

\par }{\Q Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation,

\par }{\Q Neither shall they learn war any more.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;

\par }{\Q And none shall make
{\ADD{them}} afraid:

\par }{\Q For the mouth of the
{\SC{Lord}} of hosts hath spoken
{\ADD{it}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For all people will walk every one in the name of his god,

\par }{\Q And we will walk in the name of the
{\SC{Lord}} our God for ever and ever.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}In that day, saith the
{\SC{Lord}}, will I assemble her that halteth,

\par }{\Q And I will gather her that is driven out,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{her}} that I have afflicted;


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And I will make her that halted a remnant,

\par }{\Q And her that was cast far off a strong nation:

\par }{\Q And the
{\SC{Lord}} shall reign over them in mount Zion

\par }{\Q From henceforth, even for ever.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}And thou, O tower of the flock,

\par }{\Q The strong hold of the daughter of Zion,

\par }{\Q Unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion;

\par }{\Q The kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Now why dost thou cry out aloud?

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Is there}} no king in thee?

\par }{\Q Is thy counseller perished?

\par }{\Q For pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail:

\par }{\Q For now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field,

\par }{\Q And thou shalt go
{\ADD{even}} to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered;

\par }{\Q There the
{\SC{Lord}} shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Now also many nations are gathered against thee,

\par }{\Q That say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}But they know not the thoughts of the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q Neither understand they his counsel:

\par }{\Q For he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion:

\par }{\Q For I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass:

\par }{\Q And thou shalt beat in pieces many people:

\par }{\Q And I will consecrate their gain unto the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q And their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.


\par }{\BB \par }


\PoetryChap{5}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops:

\par }{\Q He hath laid siege against us:

\par }{\Q They shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Though thou}} be little among the thousands of Judah,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Yet}} out of thee shall he come forth unto me
{\ADD{that is}} to be ruler in Israel;

\par }{\Q Whose goings forth
{\ADD{have been}} from of old, from everlasting.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Therefore will he give them up,

\par }{\Q Until the time
{\ADD{that}} she which travaileth hath brought forth:

\par }{\Q Then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q In the majesty of the name of the
{\SC{Lord}} his God;

\par }{\Q And they shall abide:

\par }{\Q For now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And this
{\ADD{man}} shall be
{\ADD{the}} peace,

\par }{\Q When the Assyrian shall come into our land:

\par }{\Q And when he shall tread in our palaces,

\par }{\Q Then shall we raise against him seven shepherds,

\par }{\Q And eight principal men.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword,

\par }{\Q And the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof:

\par }{\Q Thus shall he deliver
{\ADD{us}} from the Assyrian,

\par }{\Q When he cometh into our land,

\par }{\Q And when he treadeth within our borders.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people

\par }{\Q As a dew from the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q As the showers upon the grass,

\par }{\Q That tarrieth not for man,

\par }{\Q Nor waiteth for the sons of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people

\par }{\Q As a lion among the beasts of the forest,

\par }{\Q As a young lion among the flocks of sheep:

\par }{\Q Who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces,

\par }{\Q And none can deliver.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Thine hand shall be lift up upon thine adversaries,

\par }{\Q And all thine enemies shall be cut off.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q That I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee,

\par }{\Q And I will destroy thy chariots:


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And I will cut off the cities of thy land,

\par }{\Q And throw down all thy strong holds:


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand;

\par }{\Q And thou shalt have no
{\ADD{more}} soothsayers:


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thy graven images also will I cut off,

\par }{\Q And thy standing images out of the midst of thee;

\par }{\Q And thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee:

\par }{\Q So will I destroy thy cities.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen,

\par }{\Q Such as they have not heard.


\par }{\BB \par }


\PoetryChap{6}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Hear ye now what the
{\SC{Lord}} saith;

\par }{\Q Arise, contend thou before the mountains,

\par }{\Q And let the hills hear thy voice.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Hear ye, O mountains, the
{\SC{Lord’s}} controversy,

\par }{\Q And ye strong foundations of the earth:

\par }{\Q For the
{\SC{Lord}} hath a controversy with his people,

\par }{\Q And he will plead with Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}O my people, what have I done unto thee?

\par }{\Q And wherein have I wearied thee?

\par }{\Q Testify against me.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,

\par }{\Q And redeemed thee out of the house of servants;

\par }{\Q And I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted,

\par }{\Q And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him;

\par }{\Q From Shittim unto Gilgal;

\par }{\Q That
{\ADD{ye}} may know the righteousness of the
{\SC{Lord}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Wherewith shall I come before the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} bow myself before the high God?

\par }{\Q Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

\par }{\Q With calves of a year old?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Will the
{\SC{Lord}} be pleased with thousands of rams,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Or}} with ten thousands of rivers of oil?

\par }{\Q Shall I give my firstborn
{\ADD{for}} my transgression,

\par }{\Q The fruit of my body
{\ADD{for}} the sin of my soul?


\par }{\Q \VS{8}He hath shewed thee, O man, what
{\ADD{is}} good;

\par }{\Q And what doth the
{\SC{Lord}} require of thee,

\par }{\Q But to do justly, and to love mercy,

\par }{\Q And to walk humbly with thy God?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}The
{\SC{Lord’s}} voice crieth unto the city,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{the man of}} wisdom shall see thy name:

\par }{\Q Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
{\ADD{in}} the house of the wicked,

\par }{\Q And the scant measure
{\ADD{that is}} abominable?


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Shall I count
{\ADD{them}} pure with the wicked balances,

\par }{\Q And with the bag of deceitful weights?


\par }{\Q \VS{12}For the rich
{\ADD{men}} thereof are full
{\ADD{of}} violence,

\par }{\Q And the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies,

\par }{\Q And their tongue
{\ADD{is}} deceitful in their mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Therefore also will I make
{\ADD{thee}} sick in smiting thee,

\par }{\Q In making
{\ADD{thee}} desolate because of thy sins.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied;

\par }{\Q And thy casting down
{\ADD{shall be}} in the midst of thee;

\par }{\Q And thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver;

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{that}} which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap;

\par }{\Q Thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint
{\ADD{thee with}} oil;

\par }{\Q And sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}For the statutes of Omri are kept,

\par }{\Q And all the works of the house of Ahab,

\par }{\Q And ye walk in their counsels;

\par }{\Q That I should make thee a desolation,

\par }{\Q And the inhabitants thereof a hissing:

\par }{\Q Therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.


\par }{\BB \par }


\PoetryChap{7}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits,

\par }{\Q As the grapegleanings of the vintage:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{There is}} no cluster to eat:

\par }{\Q My soul desired the firstripe fruit.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The good
{\ADD{man}} is perished out of the earth:

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{there is}} none upright among men:

\par }{\Q They all lie in wait for blood;

\par }{\Q They hunt every man his brother
{\ADD{with}} a net.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}That
{\ADD{they}} may do evil with both hands earnestly,

\par }{\Q The prince asketh, and the judge
{\ADD{asketh}} for a reward;

\par }{\Q And the great
{\ADD{man}}, he uttereth his mischievous desire:

\par }{\Q So they wrap it up.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The best of them
{\ADD{is}} as a brier:

\par }{\Q The
{\ADD{most}} upright
{\ADD{is sharper}} than a thorn hedge:

\par }{\Q The day of thy watchmen
{\ADD{and}} thy visitation cometh;

\par }{\Q Now shall be their perplexity.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Trust ye not in a friend,

\par }{\Q Put ye not confidence in a guide:

\par }{\Q Keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For the son dishonoureth the father,

\par }{\Q The daughter riseth up against her mother,

\par }{\Q The daughter in law against her mother in law;

\par }{\Q A man’s enemies
{\ADD{are}} the men of his own house.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Therefore I will look unto the
{\SC{Lord}};

\par }{\Q I will wait for the God of my salvation:

\par }{\Q My God will hear me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy:

\par }{\Q When I fall, I shall arise;

\par }{\Q When I sit in darkness, the
{\SC{Lord}}
{\ADD{shall be}} a light unto me.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I will bear the indignation of the
{\SC{Lord}}, because I have sinned against him,

\par }{\Q Until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me:

\par }{\Q He will bring me forth to the light,
{\ADD{and}} I shall behold his righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Then she
{\ADD{that is}} mine enemy shall see
{\ADD{it}}, and shame shall cover her

\par }{\Q Which said unto me, Where is the
{\SC{Lord}} thy God?

\par }{\Q Mine eyes shall behold her:

\par }{\Q Now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}{\ADD{In}} the day that thy walls are
{\ADD{to be}} built,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{In}} that day shall the decree be far removed.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}{\ADD{In}} that day
{\ADD{also}} he shall come even to thee

\par }{\Q From Assyria, and
{\ADD{from}} the fortified cities,

\par }{\Q And from the fortress even to the river,

\par }{\Q And from sea
{\ADD{to}} sea, and
{\ADD{from}} mountain
{\ADD{to}} mountain.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein,

\par }{\Q For the fruit of their doings.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage,

\par }{\Q Which dwell solitarily
{\ADD{in}} the wood, in the midst of Carmel:

\par }{\Q Let them feed
{\ADD{in}} Bashan and Gilead, as
{\ADD{in}} the days of old.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt

\par }{\Q Will I shew unto him marvellous
{\ADD{things}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might:

\par }{\Q They shall lay
{\ADD{their}} hand upon
{\ADD{their}} mouth, their ears shall be deaf.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}They shall lick the dust like a serpent,

\par }{\Q They shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth:

\par }{\Q They shall be afraid of the
{\SC{Lord}} our God,

\par }{\Q And shall fear because of thee.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}Who
{\ADD{is}} a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity,

\par }{\Q And passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage?

\par }{\Q He retaineth not his anger for ever,

\par }{\Q Because he delighteth in mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us;

\par }{\Q He will subdue our iniquities;

\par }{\Q And thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob,
{\ADD{and}} the mercy to Abraham,

\par }{\Q Which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.


\par }