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¹ O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs, O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show thyself.² Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.³ LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked boast?⁴ They shall utter and speak unjust things; they shall speak all kinds of evil things.⁵ For they have humbled thy people, O LORD, and subdued thine heritage.⁶ They slay the widow and the innocent, and murder the fatherless.⁷ Yet they say, The LORD does not see, neither does the God of Jacob regard it.⁸ Understand, you stupid among the people and you fools, when will you be wise?⁹ He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?¹⁰ He who chastises the nations, shall not he rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge, shall he not know?¹¹ The LORD knows the thoughts of man; they are like a breath.

¹² Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, and teachest out of thy law;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 For judgment shall return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up against the workers of iniquity?¹⁷ Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would soon have been in trouble.¹⁸ When I said, My foot slips, thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.¹⁹ In the multitude of my sorrows, within my heart thy comforts delight my soul.²⁰ Evil rulers shall not have fellowship with thee, for they have framed mischief against thy law.²¹ They lay snares to trap the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.²² But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.²³ And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall silence them in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall silence them.