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- O LORD, 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 recompense.
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- LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
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- They gush out, they speak arrogancy;
all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
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- They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.
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- They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
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- And they say: "The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed."
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- Consider, ye brutish among the people;
and ye fools, when will ye understand?
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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 instructeth nations, shall not He correct?
even He that teacheth man knowledge?
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- The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
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- Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law;
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- That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
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- For the LORD will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance.
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- For right shall return unto justice, 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 the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.
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- If I say: "My foot slippeth", Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.
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- When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
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- Shall the seat 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 innocent blood.
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- But the LORD 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 evil;
the LORD our God will cut them off.
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