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| O LORD God of vengeance, *
O God of vengeance, show yourself.
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| Rise up, O Judge of the world; *
give the arrogant their just deserts.
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| How long shall the wicked, O LORD, *
how long shall the wicked triumph?
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| They bluster in their insolence; *
all evildoers are full of boasting.
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| They crush your people, O LORD, *
and afflict your chosen nation.
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| They murder the widow and the stranger *
and put the orphans to death.
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| Yet they say, "The LORD does not see, *
the God of Jacob takes no notice."
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| Consider well, you dullards among the people; *
when will you fools understand?
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| He that planted the ear, does he not hear? *
he that formed the eye, does he not see?
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| He who admonishes the nations, will he not punish? *
he who teaches all the world, has he no knowledge?
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| The LORD knows our human thoughts; *
how like a puff of wind they are.
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| Happy are they whom you instruct, O Lord! *
whom you teach out of your law;
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| To give them rest in evil days, *
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
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| For the LORD will not abandon his people, *
nor will he forsake his own.
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| For judgment will again be just, *
and all the true of heart will follow it.
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| Who rose up for me against the wicked? *
who took my part against the evildoers?
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| If the LORD had not come to my help, *
I should soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
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| As often as I said, "My foot has slipped,"
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your love, O LORD, upheld me.
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| When many cares fill my mind, *
your consolations cheer my soul.
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| Can a corrupt tribunal have any part with you, *
one which frames evil into law?
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| They conspire against the life of the just *
and condemn the innocent to death.
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| But the LORD has become my stronghold, *
and my God the rock of my trust.
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| He will turn their wickedness back upon them
and destroy them in their own malice; *
the LORD our God will destroy them.
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