| 1: O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom
vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. |
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| 2: Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to
the proud. |
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| 3:
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked
triumph? |
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| 4: How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the
workers of iniquity boast themselves? |
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| 5: They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine
heritage. |
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| 6: They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the
fatherless. |
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| 7: Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of
Jacob regard it. |
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| 8: Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when
will ye be wise? |
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| 9: He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the
eye, shall he not see? |
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| 10: He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that
teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? |
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| 11: The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
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| 12: Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest
him out of thy law; |
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| 13: That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity,
until the pit be digged for the wicked. |
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| 14: For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he
forsake his inheritance. |
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| 15: But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the
upright in heart shall follow it. |
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| 16: Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will
stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? |
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| 17: Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in
silence. |
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| 18: When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
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| 19: In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts
delight my soul. |
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| 20: Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which
frameth mischief by a law? |
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| 21: They gather themselves together against the soul of the
righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. |
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| 22: But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my
refuge. |
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| 23: And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall
cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut
them off. |
