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¹ O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, 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 triumph?⁴ [How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?⁵ They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage.⁶ They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.⁷ Yet they say, The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].⁸ Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?⁹ He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?¹⁰ He that chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall he not know]?¹¹ The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

¹² Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him 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 But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?¹⁷ Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.¹⁸ When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.¹⁹ In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul.²⁰ Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?²¹ They assemble themselves against 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 will bring upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness; [yes], the LORD our God will cut them off.