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| [1]The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself. |
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| [2]Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud. |
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| [3]How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast? |
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| [4]They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak so. |
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| [5]They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage. |
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| [6]They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger. |
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| [7]And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand. |
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| [8]Understand now, ye simple among the people; and ye fools, at length be wise. |
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| [9]He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive? |
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| [10]He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, even he that teaches man knowledge? |
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| [11]The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain. |
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| [12]Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, and shalt teach him out of thy law; |
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| [13]to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one. |
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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]until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Pause. |
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| [16]Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity? |
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| [17]If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades. |
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| [18]If I said, My foot has been moved; |
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| [19]thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, thy consolation have soothed my soul. |
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| [20]Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by an ordinance? |
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| [21]They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. |
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| [22]But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope. |
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| [23]And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them. |
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