48 lines
1.9 KiB
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48 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 94
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1 O Lord, God of vengeance,
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O God of vengeance, shine forth!
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2 Rise up, O judge of the earth;
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repay to the proud what they deserve!
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3 O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
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how long shall the wicked exult?
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4 They pour out their arrogant words;
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all the evildoers boast.
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5 They crush your people, O Lord,
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and afflict your heritage.
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6 They kill the widow and the sojourner,
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and murder the fatherless;
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7 and they say, “The Lord does not see;
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the God of Jacob does not perceive.”
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8 Understand, O dullest of the people!
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Fools, when will you be wise?
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9 He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
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He who formed the eye, does he not see?
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10 He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
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He who teaches man knowledge—
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11 the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
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that they are but a breath.
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12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord,
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and whom you teach out of your law,
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13 to give him rest from days of trouble,
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until a pit is dug for the wicked.
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14 For the Lord will not forsake his people;
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he will not abandon his heritage;
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15 for justice will return to the righteous,
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and all the upright in heart will follow it.
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16 Who rises up for me against the wicked?
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Who stands up for me against evildoers?
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17 If the Lord had not been my help,
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my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
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18 When I thought, “My foot slips,”
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your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
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19 When the cares of my heart are many,
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your consolations cheer my soul.
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20 Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
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those who frame injustice by statute?
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21 They band together against the life of the righteous
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and condemn the innocent to death.
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22 But the Lord has become my stronghold,
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and my God the rock of my refuge.
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23 He will bring back on them their iniquity
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and wipe them out for their wickedness;
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the Lord our God will wipe them out. |