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¹ O Lord, God of ^(a)vengeance,
    O God of vengeance, ^(b)shine forth!
^2 (c)Rise up, O ^(d)judge of the earth;
    repay to the ^(e)proud what they deserve!
³ O Lord, ^(f)how long shall the wicked,
    how long shall ^(g)the wicked exult?
⁴ They pour out their ^(h)arrogant words;
    all ⁽ⁱ⁾the evildoers boast.
⁵ They ^(j)crush your people, O Lord,
    and afflict your heritage.
⁶ They kill ^(k)the widow and the sojourner,
    and murder ^(l)the fatherless;
^7 (m)and they say, "The Lord does not see;
    the God of Jacob does not perceive."

^8 (n)Understand, O dullest of the people!
    Fools, when will you be wise?
^9 (o)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
¹⁰ He who ^(p)disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who ^(q)teaches man knowledge—
^{11     (r)}the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
    that they are ^(s)but a breath.^[a]

^12 (t)Blessed is the man whom you ^(u)discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,
¹³ to give him ^(v)rest from ^(w)days of trouble,
    until ^(x)a pit is dug for the wicked.
^14 (y)For the Lord will not forsake his ^(z)people;
    he will not abandon his ^(aa)heritage;
¹⁵ for ^(ab)justice will return to the righteous,
    and all the upright in heart will ^(ac)follow it.

^16 (ad)Who rises up for me against the wicked?
    Who stands up for me against evildoers?
^17 (ae)If the Lord had not been my help,
    my soul would soon have lived in the land of ^(af)silence.
¹⁸ When I thought, ^(ag)"My foot slips,"
    your steadfast love, O Lord, ^(ah)held me up.
¹⁹ When the cares of my heart are many,
    your consolations cheer my soul.
²⁰ Can ^(ai)wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who frame^[b] injustice by ^(aj)statute?
²¹ They ^(ak)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn ^(al)the innocent to death.^[c]
22 But the Lord has become my ^(am)stronghold,
    and my God ^(an)the rock of my ^(ao)refuge.
²³ He will bring back on them ^(ap)their iniquity
    and ^(aq)wipe them out for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will wipe them out.