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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1 LORD, God of vengeance-- God of vengeance, appear. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Rise up, Judge of the earth; repay the proud what they deserve. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3 LORD, how long will the wicked-- how long will the wicked gloat? |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5 LORD, they crush Your people; they afflict Your heritage. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6They kill the widow and the foreigner and murder the fatherless. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7They say, "The LORD doesn't see it. The God of Jacob doesn't pay attention." |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Pay attention, you stupid people! Fools, when will you be wise? |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Can the One who shaped the ear not hear, the One who formed the eye not see? |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The One who instructs nations, the One who teaches man knowledge-- does He not discipline? |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The LORD knows man's thoughts; they are meaningless. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12 LORD, happy is the man You discipline and teach from Your law |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13to give him relief from troubled times until a pit is dug for the wicked. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The LORD will not forsake His people or abandon His heritage, |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15for justice will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Who stands up for me against the wicked? Who takes a stand for me against evildoers? |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17If the LORD had not been my helper, I would soon rest in the silence of death. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18If I say, "My foot is slipping," Your faithful love will support me, LORD. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19When I am filled with cares, Your comfort brings me joy. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Can a corrupt throne-- one that creates trouble by law-- become Your ally? |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22But the LORD is my refuge; my God is the rock of my protection. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23He will pay them back for their sins and destroy them for their evil. The LORD our God will destroy them. |
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