| Chapter 94 |
1 | O łGod of vengeances, Jehovah, łGod of vengeances, shine forth;
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2 | Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.
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3 | How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
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4 | [How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence -- all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
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5 | They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;
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6 | They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
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7 | And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
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8 | Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
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9 | He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
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10 | He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct -- he that teacheth man knowledge?
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11 | Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
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12 | Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
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13 | That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
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14 | For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
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15 | For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
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16 | Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
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17 | If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
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18 | When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
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19 | In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.
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20 | Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
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21 | They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
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22 | But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.
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23 | And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.
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