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Rh :Stately in the greatness of his strength?'—
 * 'I that speak in victory, mighty to save.'—
 * 'Wherefore is Thine apparel red,
 * And Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?'—
 * 'I 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 fury;
 * And their lifeblood is dashed against My garments,
 * And I have stained all My raiment.
 * For the day of vengeance that was in My heart,
 * And My year of redemption are come.
 * And I looked, and there was none to help,
 * And I beheld in astonishment, and there was none to uphold;
 * Therefore Mine own arm brought salvation unto Me,
 * And My fury, it upheld Me.
 * And I trod down the peoples in Mine anger,
 * And made them drunk with My fury,
 * And I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.'


 * I will make mention of the mercies of the ,
 * And the praises of the ,
 * According to all that the hath bestowed on us;
 * And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
 * Which He hath bestowed on them according to His compassions,
 * And according to the multitude of His mercies.
 * For He said: 'Surely, they are My people,
 * Children that will not deal falsely';
 * So He was their Saviour.
 * In 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 bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
 * But they rebelled, and grieved His holy spirit;
 * Therefore He was turned to be their enemy,
 * Himself fought against them.
 * Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses:
 * '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?
 * That caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses?
 * That divided the water before them,
 * To make Himself an everlasting name?
 * That led them through the deep,
 * As a horse in the wilderness, without stumbling?
 * As the cattle that go down into the valley,
 * The spirit of the caused them to rest;
 * So didst Thou lead Thy people,
 * To make Thyself a glorious name.'


 * Look down from heaven, and see,
 * Even from Thy holy and glorious habitation;
 * Where is Thy zeal and Thy mighty acts,
 * The yearning of Thy heart and Thy compassions,
 * Now restrained toward me?