Chapter 94

  O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show 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 thy 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 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 chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not 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 to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.  

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  Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? 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 assemble themselves against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.  

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  But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.  

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  And he will bring upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God will cut them off.  

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