| Chapter 94 |
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O łGod of vengeances, Jehovah, łGod of vengeances, shine forth; --
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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud. --
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How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph? --
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[How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence -- all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? --
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They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance; --
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They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless, --
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And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it]. --
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Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise? --
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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 the nations, shall not he correct -- he that teacheth man knowledge? --
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Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. --
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Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou 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 Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance; --
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For judgment shall return unto righteousness, 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 for me against the workers of iniquity? --
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If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. --
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When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up. --
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In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul. --
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Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law? --
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They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. --
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But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge. --
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And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off. --
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