| Chapter 94 |
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Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, You God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth. |
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Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve. |
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Yahweh, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph? |
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They pour out arrogant words. All the evil-doers boast. |
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They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, And afflict your heritage. |
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They kill the widow and the alien, And murder the fatherless. |
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They say, "Yah will not see, Neither will Jacob`s God consider." |
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Consider, you senseless among the people; You fools, when will you be wise? |
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He who implanted the ear, won`t he hear? He who formed the eye, won`t he see? |
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He who disciplines the nations, won`t he punish? He who teaches man knows. |
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Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile. |
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Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, And teach out of your law; |
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That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked. |
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For Yahweh won`t reject his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance. |
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For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it. |
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Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers? |
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Unless Yahweh had been my help, My soul would have soon lived in silence. |
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When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your lovingkindness, Yahweh, held me up. |
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In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul. |
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Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, Which brings about mischief by statute? |
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They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood. |
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But Yahweh has been my high tower, My God, the rock of my refuge. |
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He has brought on them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off. Psalm 95 |