| Chapter 94 |
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O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen. --
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Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride. --
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How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us? --
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Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves. --
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Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled, --
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They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father; --
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And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it. --
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Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise? --
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Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed? --
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He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man? --
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The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath. --
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Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law; --
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So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners. --
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The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage; --
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But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true. --
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Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil? --
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If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death. --
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If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support. --
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Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul. --
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What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law? --
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They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong. --
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But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe. --
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And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them. --
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