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⁴ They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.^(C1)5 Lord, they crush your people;
they oppress your heritage.^(C1)6 They kill the widow and the resident alien
and murder the fatherless.^(C1)7 They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”^(C1)

⁸ Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?^(C1)9 Can the one who shaped the ear not hear,
the one who formed the eye not see?^(C1)10 The one who instructs nations,
the one who teaches mankind knowledge—
does he not discipline?^(C1)11 The Lord knows the thoughts of mankind;
they are futile.^(C1)

¹² Lord, how happy is anyone you discipline
and teach from your law^(C1)13 to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.^(C1)14 The Lord will not leave his people
or abandon his heritage,^(C1)15 for the administration of justice will again be righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow^(F1) it.^(C1)

¹⁶ Who stands up for me against the wicked?
Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?^(C1)17 If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.^(C1)18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
your faithful love will support me, Lord.^(C1)19 When I am filled with cares,
your comfort brings me joy.^(C1)

²⁰ Can a corrupt throne be your ally,
a throne that makes evil laws?^(C1)21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.^(C1)22 But the Lord is my refuge;
my God is the rock of my protection.^(C1)23 He will pay them back for their sins
and destroy them for their evil.
The Lord our God will destroy them.^(C1)