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¹ O Lord God, to whome vengeance belongeth: O God to whome vengeance belongeth, shew thy selfe. ² Lift vp thy selfe, thou iudge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. ³ Lord, how long shall the wicked? how long shall the wicked triumph? ⁴ How long shal they vtter, and speake hard things? and all the workers of iniquitie boast themselues? ⁵ They breake in pieces thy people, O Lord: and afflict thine heritage. ⁶ They slay the widowe and the stranger: and murder the fatherlesse. ⁷ Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Iacob regard it. ⁸ Understand, yee brutish among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise? ⁹ He that planted the eare, shall he not heare? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? ¹⁰ He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? ¹¹ The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man: that they are vanitie.

¹² Blessed is the man whome thou chastenest, O Lord: and teachest him out of thy Law: ¹³ That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of aduersitie: vntill the pit be digged for the wicked. ¹⁴ For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his inheritance. ¹⁵ But iudgement shall returne vnto righteousnesse: and all the vpright in heart shall follow it. ¹⁶ Who will rise vp for mee against the euill doers? or who will stand vp for me against the workers of iniquitie? ¹⁷ Unlesse the Lord had bene my helpe: my soule had almost dwelt in silence. ¹⁸ When I said, My foote slippeth: thy mercie, O Lord, held me vp. ¹⁹ In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soule. ²⁰ Shal the throne of iniquitie haue fellowship with thee: which frameth mischiefe by a lawe? ²¹ They gather themselues together against the soule of the righteous: and condemne the innocent blood. ²² But the Lord is my defence: and my God is the rocke of my refuge. ²³ And hee shall bring vpon them their owne iniquitie, and shall cut them off in their owne wickednesse: yea the Lord our God shall cut them off.