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| 1 O *God of vengeances, Jehovah, *God of vengeances, shine forth; |
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| 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud. |
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| 3 How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph? |
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| 4 How long shall they utter and speak insolence--all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? |
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| 5 They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance; |
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| 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless, |
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| 7 And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it2. |
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| 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise? |
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| 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? |
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| 10 He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct--he that teacheth man knowledge? |
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| 11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. |
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| 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law; |
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| 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked. |
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| 14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance; |
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| 15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. |
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| 16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity? |
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| 17 If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. |
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| 18 When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up. |
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| 19 In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul. |
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| 20 Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law? |
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| 21 They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. |
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| 22 But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge. |
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| 23 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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