This is the domain of Yahweh’s servants,
their faithfulness from me (Yahweh’s declaration).

Hey, anyone who’s thirsty,
all come for water.
Whoever has no silver,
come, buy and eat.
Come, buy without silver,
wine and milk without cost.
Why weigh out silver for what isn’t bread,
and your labour for what isn’t filling?
Listen hard to me and eat what’s good;
you can delight your appetite with rich food.
Bend your ear, come to me;
listen, so you may come to life.
I will solemnize for you a permanent pact,
the trustworthy commitments to David.
Here, I made him a witness for peoples,
a leader and commander for peoples.

Here, you’ll call a nation that you don’t acknowledge,
and a nation that doesn’t acknowledge you will run to you,
For the sake of Yahweh your God, and for Yisra’el’s sacred one,
because he’s glorifying you.

Enquire of Yahweh
while he is letting himself be found,
call him while he’s near.
The faithless person must abandon his way,
the person who brings trouble [must abandon] his intentions.
He must turn back to Yahweh so he may have compassion on him,
to our God because he does much pardoning.

Because my intentions are not your intentions,
your ways are not my ways (Yahweh’s declaration).

Because the heavens are higher than the earth;
so are my ways higher than your ways,
my intentions than your intentions.

Because as the rain or snow
falls from the heavens,
And doesn’t go back there
but rather soaks the earth,
And makes it bear and produce,
and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
So will my word be
that goes out from my mouth.
It will not come back to me empty,
but rather do that which I wanted,
achieve that for which I sent it.

Because you’ll go out with joy,
and be brought in with well-being.
The mountains and the hills
will break out before you in resounding.
All the trees in the open country
will clap the palms of their hands.
Instead of the thorn a juniper will come up,
instead of the briar a myrtle will come up.
It will be a memorial for Yahweh,
a permanent sign that will not be cut down.

Goldingay, John; Goldingay, John; Wright, Tom; Wright, Tom. The Bible for Everyone . SPCK. Kindle Edition.

Take from us,
O God, all pride and vanity,
all boasting and self-assertion,
and give us the true courage that shows itself in gentleness,
the true wisdom that shows itself in simplicity,
and the true power that shows itself in modesty.

Charles Kingsley