O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
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Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; Render to the proud their recompense.
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LORD, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked exult?
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They gush out, they speak arrogancy; All the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
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They crush Thy people, O LORD, And afflict Thy heritage.
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They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.
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And they say: 'The LORD will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'
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Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye understand?
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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 instructeth nations, shall not He correct? Even He that teacheth man knowledge?
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The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
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Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, And teachest out of Thy law;
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That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, 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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For right shall return unto justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
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Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? 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 soon dwelt in silence.
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If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.
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When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
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Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
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They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.
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But the LORD hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.
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And He hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own evil; The LORD our God will cut them off.
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