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| 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself. |
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| 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. |
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| 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? |
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| 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? |
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| 5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. |
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| 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. |
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| 7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. |
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| 8 Understand, 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 heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? |
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| 11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. |
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| 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; |
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| 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. |
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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 But 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 evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? |
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| 17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
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| 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, 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 iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? |
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| 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. |
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| 22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. |
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| 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off. |
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