| Chapter 94 |
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O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. --
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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. --
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LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? --
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[How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? --
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They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. --
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They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. --
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Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall 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 chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know]? --
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The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity. --
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Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; --
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That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, 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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But 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 evildoers? [or] 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 almost dwelt in silence. --
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When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. --
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In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. --
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Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? --
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They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. --
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But the LORD is my defence; and my God [is] the rock of my refuge. --
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And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; [yea], the LORD our God shall cut them off. --
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