"Remember now, who [ever] perished being innocent? Or where were the upright [ever] cut off?

It [is] all one [thing;] Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.'

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds [him with] His hand.

Mark the blameless [man,] and observe the upright; For the future of [that] man [is] peace.

For the LORD will not cast off His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

"Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held -- To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut: