Lexicon :: Strong's H7896 - šîṯ

Even a sparrow finds a home,

and a swallow, a nest for herself

where she places her young —

near your altars, LORD of Armies,

my King and my God.

You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,

in the darkest places, in the depths.

You have set our iniquities before you,

our secret sins in the light of your presence.

I will not let anything worthless guide me.[fn]

I hate the practice of transgression;

it will not cling to me.

You bring darkness, and it becomes night,

when all the forest animals stir.

This is the declaration of the LORD

to my Lord:

“Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies your footstool.”

The LORD swore an oath to David,

a promise he will not abandon:

“I will set one of your offspring[fn]

on your throne.

You have encircled me;

you have placed your hand on me.

The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;

they spread a net along the path

and set snares for me.Selah

LORD, set up a guard for my mouth;

keep watch at the door of my lips.

Listen closely,[fn] pay attention to the words of the wise,

and apply your mind to my knowledge.

I saw, and took it to heart;

I looked, and received instruction:

A hateful person disguises himself with his speech

and harbors deceit within.

Know well the condition of your flock,

and pay attention to your herds,

I will make it a wasteland.

It will not be pruned or weeded;

thorns and briers will grow up.

I will also give orders to the clouds

that rain should not fall on it.

The Waters of Dibon[fn] are full of blood,

but I will bring on Dibon even more than this —

a lion for those who escape from Moab,

and for the survivors in the land.

Give us counsel and make a decision.

Shelter us at noonday

with shade that is as dark as night.

Hide the refugees;

do not betray the one who flees.

Your best valleys were full of chariots,

and horsemen were positioned at the city gates.

On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city.

Salvation is established as walls and ramparts.

The young lions have roared at him;

they have roared loudly.

They have laid waste his land.

His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.

I thought, “How I long to make you my sons

and give you a desirable land,

the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations.”

I thought, “You will call me ‘My Father’

and never turn away from me.”

Give glory to the LORD your God

before he brings darkness,

before your feet stumble

on the mountains at dusk.

You wait for light,

but he brings darkest gloom[fn]

and makes total darkness.

For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah:

“You are like Gilead to me,

or the summit of Lebanon,

but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness,

uninhabited cities.

Set up road markers for yourself;

establish signposts!

Keep the highway in mind,

the way you have traveled.

Return, Virgin Israel!

Return to these cities of yours.

For a nation from the north will attack her;

it will make her land desolate.

No one will be living in it —

both people and animals will escape.[fn]

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast,

and I will make them drunk so that they celebrate.[fn]

Then they will fall asleep forever

and never wake up.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Otherwise, I will strip her naked

and expose her as she was on the day of her birth.

I will make her like a desert

and like a parched land,

and I will let her die of thirst.

A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah.

When I restore the fortunes of my people,