"I have keptsilentfor a longtime,I have keptstilland restrainedMyself. [Now] like a woman in laborI will groan,I will bothgaspand pant.
"For I am fullof words;The spiritwithinme constrainsme.
"Let me speakthat I may getrelief;Let me openmy lipsand answer.
Out of Zion,the perfectionof beauty,Godhas shoneforth.
"Thesethingsyou have doneand I keptsilence;You thoughtthat I was just likeyou; I will reproveyou and state[the case] in orderbefore your eyes.
Thereforethe LORDlongsto be graciousto you, And thereforeHe waits on highto havecompassionon you. For the LORDis a Godof justice;How blessedare allthose who longfor Him.
"Of whomwere you worriedand fearfulWhenyou lied,and did not rememberMe Norgive[Me] a thought?Was I not silenteven for a longtimeSo you do not fearMe?
Will You restrainYourself at thesethings,O LORD?Will You keepsilentand afflictus beyondmeasure?
"Behold,it is writtenbeforeMe, I will not keepsilent,but I will repay;I will even repayinto their bosom,
"You who have forsakenMe," declaresthe LORD,"You keep goingbackward.So I will stretchout My handagainstyou and destroyyou; I am tiredof relenting!
For I hearda cryas of a woman in labor,The anguishas of one givingbirthto her firstchild,The cryof the daughterof Ziongaspingfor breath,Stretchingout her hands,[saying], "Ah,woeis me, for I faintbefore murderers."
"So the LORDwas nolongerableto endure[it], becauseof the evilof your deeds,becauseof the abominationswhichyou have committed;thus your landhas becomea ruin,an objectof horrorand a curse,withoutan inhabitant,as [it is] thisday.
now,will not Godbring aboutjusticefor His electwho cryto Him dayand night,and will He delay longoverthem?
and regardthe patienceof our Lord[as] salvation;justas alsoour belovedbrotherPaul,accordingto the wisdomgivenhim, wroteto you,
