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Rh :All the merry-hearted do sigh.
 * The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,
 * The noise of them that rejoice endeth,
 * The joy of the harp ceaseth.
 * They drink not wine with a song;
 * Strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
 * Broken down is the city of wasteness;
 * Every house is shut up, that none may come in.
 * There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine;
 * All joy is darkened,
 * The mirth of the land is gone.
 * In the city is left desolation,
 * And the gate is smitten unto ruin.
 * For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth, among the peoples,
 * As at the beating of an olive-tree,
 * As at the gleanings when the vintage is done.
 * Those yonder lift up their voice, they sing for joy;
 * For the majesty of the they shout from the sea:
 * 'Therefore glorify ye the in the regions of light,
 * Even the name of the, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.'


 * From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: 'Glory to the righteous.'
 * But I say: I waste away, I waste away, woe is me!
 * The treacherous deal treacherously;
 * Yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously.
 * Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
 * And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the terror shall fall into the pit;
 * And he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the trap;
 * For the windows on high are opened,
 * And the foundations of the earth do shake;
 * The earth is broken, broken down,
 * The earth is crumbled in pieces,
 * The earth trembleth and tottereth;
 * The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunken man,
 * And swayeth to and fro as a lodge;
 * And the transgression thereof is heavy upon it,
 * And it shall fall, and not rise again.
 * And it shall come to pass in that day,
 * That the will punish the host of the high heaven on high,
 * And the kings of the earth upon the earth.
 * And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon,
 * And shall be shut up in the prison,
 * And after many days shall they be punished.
 * Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed;
 * For the of hosts will reign in mount Zion,
 * And in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory.


 * O, Thou art my God,
 * I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy name,
 * For Thou hast done wonderful things;
 * Even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.
 * For Thou hast made of a city a heap,
 * Of a fortified city a ruin;
 * A castle of strangers to be no city,
 * It shall never be built.