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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 94
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O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance
belongeth, shew 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 thine
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 shall not see, neither shall 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 not he correct? he that
teacheth man knowledge, shall not he 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 unto righteousness: and all the
upright in heart shall follow it.
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Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? 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 gather themselves together against the soul of the
righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
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But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
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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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