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