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O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. |
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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. |
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Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? |
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How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? |
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They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage. |
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They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. |
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Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. |
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Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? |
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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 chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? |
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The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. |
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Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; |
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That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, 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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But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. |
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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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Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. |
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When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. |
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In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. |
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Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? |
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They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. |
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But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. |
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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. |