KJV:
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
NASB:
You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.
KJV:
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
NASB:
Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
KJV:
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
NASB:
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.
KJV:
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
NASB:
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.
KJV:
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
NASB:
Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men, Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows; For every one of them is godless and an evildoer, And every mouth is speaking foolishness. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.
KJV:
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
NASB:
And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children.
KJV:
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
NASB:
When the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
KJV:
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
NASB:
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them.