Psalms 94 / 150
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(The Lord Will Not Forsake His People)
O Lord, God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, shine forth!
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Rise up, O judge of the earth;
repay to the proud what they deserve!
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O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked exult?
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They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.
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They crush your people, O Lord,
and afflict your heritage.
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They kill the widow and the sojourner,
and murder the fatherless;
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and they say, "The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive."
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Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
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He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
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He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who teaches man knowledge--
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the Lord--knows the thoughts of man,
that they are but a breath.
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Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,
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to give him rest from days of trouble,
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
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For the Lord will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;
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for justice will return to the righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
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Who rises up for me against the wicked?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?
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If the Lord had not been my help,
my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
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When I thought, "My foot slips,"
your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
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When the cares of my heart are many,
your consolations cheer my soul.
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Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame injustice by statute?
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They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
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But the Lord has become my stronghold,
and my God the rock of my refuge.
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He will bring back on them their iniquity
and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will wipe them out.