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1 | O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom
vengeance belongeth, shew 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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