| Chapter 94 |
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Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, You God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth. --
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Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve. --
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Yahweh, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph? --
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They pour out arrogant words. All the evil-doers boast. --
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They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, And afflict your heritage. --
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They kill the widow and the alien, And murder the fatherless. --
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They say, 'Yah will not see, Neither will Jacob's God consider.' --
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Consider, you senseless among the people; You fools, when will you be wise? --
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He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see? --
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He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows. --
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Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile. --
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Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, And teach out of your law; --
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That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked. --
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For Yahweh won't reject his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance. --
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For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it. --
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Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers? --
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Unless Yahweh had been my help, My soul would have soon lived in silence. --
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When I said, 'My foot is slipping!' Your lovingkindness, Yahweh, held me up. --
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In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul. --
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Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, Which brings about mischief by statute? --
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They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood. --
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But Yahweh has been my high tower, My God, the rock of my refuge. --
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He has brought on them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off. Psalm 95 --
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