A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.
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Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
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How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?
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They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak [so].
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They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage.
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They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.
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And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
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Understand now, ye simple among the people; and ye fools, at length be wise.
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He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?
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He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge?
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The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
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Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, and shalt teach him out of thy law;
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to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.
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For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
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until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Pause.
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Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?
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If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.
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If I said, My foot has been moved;
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thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, thy consolations have soothed my soul.
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Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by an ordinance?
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They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
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But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.
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And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.
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