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[1]O ùGod of vengeances, Jehovah, ùGod of vengeances, shine forth;
[2]Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.
[3]How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
[4][How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence -- all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
[5]They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;
[6]They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
[7]And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
[8]Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
[9]He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
[10]He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct -- he that teacheth man knowledge?
[11]Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
[12]Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
[13]That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
[14]For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
[15]For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
[16]Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
[17]If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
[18]When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
[19]In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.
[20]Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
[21]They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
[22]But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.
[23]And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.
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