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| Jehovah implored to avenge his People. |
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1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth,
Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
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2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth:
Render to the proud their desert.
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3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked,
How long shall the wicked triumph?
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4 They prate, they speak arrogantly:
All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
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5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah,
And afflict thy heritage.
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6 They slay the widow and the sojourner,
And murder the fatherless.
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7 And they say, Jehovah will not see,
Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
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8 Consider, 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 nations, shall not he correct,
Even he that teacheth man knowledge?
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11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man,
That they are vanity.
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12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah,
And teachest out of thy law;
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13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity,
Until a pit be digged for the wicked.
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14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people,
Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
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15 For 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 evil-doers?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
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17 Unless Jehovah had been my help,
My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
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18 When I said, My foot slippeth;
Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, 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 wickedness have fellowship with thee,
Which frameth mischief by statute?
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21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
And condemn innocent blood.
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22 But Jehovah hath been my high tower,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
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23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity,
And will cut them off in their own wickedness;
Jehovah our God will cut them off. |
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