The Lord’s Day of Vengeance

1Who is this coming from Edoma

in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah —

this one who is splendid in his apparel,

striding in his formidableA might?

It is I, proclaiming vindication,B

powerful to save.

2Why are your clothes red,

and your garments like one who treads a winepress?a

3I trampled the winepress alone,

and no one from the nations was with me.

I trampled them in my anger

and ground them underfoot in my fury;

their blood spattered my garments,

and all my clothes were stained.

4For I planned the day of vengeance,a

and the year of my redemptionA came.

5I looked, but there was no one to help,a

and I was amazed that no one assisted;

so my arm accomplished victory for me,

and my wrath assisted me.

6I crushed nations in my anger;

I made them drunk with my wratha

and poured out their blood on the ground.b

Remembrance of Grace

7I will make known the Lord’s faithful love

and the Lord’s praiseworthy acts,

because of all the Lord has done for us —

even the many good things

he has done for the house of Israel,

which he did for them based on his compassion

and the abundance of his faithful love.

8He said, “They are indeed my people,

children who will not be disloyal,”

and he became their Savior.

9In all their suffering, he suffered,a a

and the angel of his presence saved them.

He redeemed them

because of his love and compassion;b

he lifted them up and carried them

all the days of the past.c

10But they rebelled

and grieved his Holy Spirit.a

So he became their enemy

and fought against them.

11Then heA remembered the days of the past,

the days of Moses and his people.

Where is he who brought them out of the sea

with the shepherdsB of his flock?

Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among the flock?

12He made his glorious strength

available at the right hand of Moses,

divided the water before thema

to make an eternal name for himself,

13and led them through the depths

like a horse in the wilderness,

so that they did not stumble.

14Like cattle that go down into the valley,

the Spirit of the Lord gave themA rest.

You led your people this way

to make a glorious name for yourself.

Israel’s Prayer

15Look down from heaven and seea

from your lofty home — holy and beautiful.

Where is your zeal and your might?

Your yearningA and your compassion

are withheld from me.

16Yet you are our Father,

even though Abraham does not know us

and Israel doesn’t recognize us.

You, Lord, are our Father;

your name is Our Redeemera

from Ancient Times.

17Why, Lord, do you make us stray from your ways?

You harden our hearts so we do not fearA you.a

Return, because of your servants,

the tribes of your heritage.

18Your holy people had a possessionA

for a little while,

but our enemies have trampled down

your sanctuary.a

19We have become like those you never ruled,

like those who did not bear your name.a