¹ Und das Wort Jehovas geschah zu mir also:

² Menschensohn, richte dein Angesicht wider das Gebirge Seir,

³ und weissage wider dasselbe und sprich zu ihm: So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Siehe, ich will an dich, Gebirge Seir; und ich werde meine Hand wider dich ausstrecken und dich zur Wüste und Verwüstung machen;

⁴ und ich werde deine Städte zur Einöde machen, und du selbst wirst eine Wüste werden. Und du wirst wissen, daß ich Jehova bin. -

⁵ Weil du eine beständige Feindschaft hegtest und die Kinder Israel der Gewalt des Schwertes preisgabst zur Zeit ihrer Not, zur Zeit der Ungerechtigkeit des Endes:

⁶ darum, so wahr ich lebe, spricht der Herr, Jehova, werde ich dich zu Blut machen, und Blut wird dich verfolgen; weil du Blut nicht gehaßt, so soll Blut dich verfolgen.

⁷ Und ich werde das Gebirge Seir zur Wüstenei und Verwüstung machen, und den Hin-und Wiederziehenden aus ihm ausrotten.

⁸ Und seine Berge werde ich mit seinen Erschlagenen füllen; auf deinen Hügeln und in deinen Tälern und in allen deinen Gründen sollen vom Schwert Erschlagene fallen.

⁹ Zu ewigen Wüsteneien werde ich dich machen, und deine Städte sollen nicht mehr bewohnt werden. Und ihr werdet wissen, daß ich Jehova bin. -

¹⁰ Weil du sprachst: Die beiden Nationen und die beiden Länder sollen mein sein, und wir werden es in Besitz nehmen, da doch Jehova daselbst war:

¹¹ darum, so wahr ich lebe, spricht der Herr, Jehova, werde ich handeln nach deinem Zorn und nach deiner Eifersucht, wie du infolge deines Hasses gegen sie gehandelt hast; und ich werde mich unter ihnen kundtun, sobald ich dich gerichtet habe.

¹² Und du wirst wissen, daß ich, Jehova, alle deine Schmähungen gehört habe, welche du gegen die Berge Israels ausgesprochen hast, indem du sagtest: Sie sind verwüstet, uns sind sie zur Speise gegeben!

¹³ Und ihr habt mit eurem Munde gegen mich großgetan und eure Worte gegen mich gehäuft; ich habe es gehört. -

¹⁴ So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Wenn die ganze Erde sich freut, werde ich dir Verwüstung bereiten.

¹⁵ Wie du deine Freude hattest an dem Erbteil des Hauses Israel, darum daß es verwüstet war, ebenso werde ich dir tun: Eine Wüste sollst du werden, Gebirge Seir und ganz Edom insgesamt! Und sie werden wissen, daß ich Jehova bin.

¹ Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

² Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

³ And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

⁶ Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,

⁷ he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.

⁸ Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

⁹ For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

¹⁰ Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

¹¹ because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.

¹² Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.

¹³ Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.

¹⁵ Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

¹⁶ For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.

¹⁷ Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.

¹⁸ Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

¹⁹ Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.

²⁰ He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.

²¹ Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

²² Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.

²³ Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;

²⁴ These see Yahweh's works, and his wonders in the deep.

²⁵ For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.

²⁶ They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

²⁷ They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

²⁸ Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

²⁹ He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

³⁰ Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

³¹ Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the children of men!

³² Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

³³ He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

³⁴ and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

³⁵ He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

³⁶ There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,

³⁷ sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.

³⁸ He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease.

³⁹ Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

⁴⁰ He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

⁴¹ Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

⁴² The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

⁴³ Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh. A Song. A Psalm by David.