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O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. |
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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud `their' desert. |
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Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph? |
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They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves. |
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They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage. |
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They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless. |
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And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider. |
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Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise? |
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He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? |
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He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, `Even' he that teacheth man knowledge? |
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Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity. |
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Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law; |
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That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked. |
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For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance. |
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For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it. |
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Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? |
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Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence. |
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When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up. |
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In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul. |
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Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute? |
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They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood. |
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But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge. |
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And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off. |