O Lord God,
to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom
vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
02 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth:
render a reward to the proud.
03 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long
shall the wicked triumph?
04 How long shall they utter and speak hard
things? and all the workers of iniquity boast
themselves?
05 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and
afflict thine heritage.
06 They slay the widow and the stranger, and
murder the fatherless.
07 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither
shall the God of Jacob regard it.
08 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and
ye fools, when will ye be wise?
09 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he
that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he
correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall
not he know?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that
they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O
Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
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13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days
of adversity, until the pit be digged for the
wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people,
neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness:
and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?
or who will stand up for me against the workers
of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had
almost dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O
Lord, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy
comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship
with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
21 They gather themselves together against the
soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent
blood.
22 But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the
rock of my refuge.
23 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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