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The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

O Lord, God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, shine forth!

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God the Refuge of the Righteous

O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs —
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

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Rise up, O judge of the earth;
repay to the proud what they deserve!

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Rise up, O Judge of the earth;
[a]Render punishment to the proud.

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O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked exult?

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Lord, how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph?

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They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.

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They utter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.

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They crush your people, O Lord,
and afflict your heritage.

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They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,
And afflict Your heritage.

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They kill the widow and the sojourner,
and murder the fatherless;

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They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.

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and they say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

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Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob [b]understand.”

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Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?

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Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?

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He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?

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He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

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He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who teaches man knowledge —

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He who [c]instructs the [d]nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge?

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the Lord — knows the thoughts of man,
that they are but a breath.a

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The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile.

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Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,

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Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,

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to give him rest from days of trouble,
until a pit is dug for the wicked.

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That You may give him [e]rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked.

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For the Lord will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;

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For the Lord will not [f]cast off His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

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for justice will return to the righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.

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But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

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Who rises up for me against the wicked?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?

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Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

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If the Lord had not been my help,
my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

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Unless the Lord had been my help,
My soul would soon have settled in silence.

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When I thought, “My foot slips,”
your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.

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If I say, “My foot slips,”
Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.

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When the cares of my heart are many,
your consolations cheer my soul.

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In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.

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Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frameb injustice by statute?

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Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,
Have fellowship with You?

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They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.c

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They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn innocent blood.

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But the Lord has become my stronghold,
and my God the rock of my refuge.

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But the Lord has been my defense,
And my God the rock of my refuge.

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He will bring back on them their iniquity
and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will wipe them out.

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He has brought on them their own iniquity,
And shall [g]cut them off in their own wickedness;
The Lord our God shall cut them off.

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Psalms 94

Psalms 94