For upon all the glory shall be a defense

Prepare ye the way of the Lord.

The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.

Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.

Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.