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- Chapter 94 -

The Lord will not forget his people

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God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
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Be lifted up, judging the earth, || Send back a repayment on the proud.
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Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
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They utter—they speak arrogance, || All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
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Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, || And they afflict Your inheritance.
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They slay widow and sojourner, || And they murder fatherless ones.
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And they say, “YAH does not see, || And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
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Consider, you brutish among the people, || And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
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He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
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He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
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He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
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O the blessedness of the man || Whom You instruct, O YAH, || And teach him out of Your law,
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To give rest to him from days of evil, || While a pit is dug for the wicked.
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For YHWH does not leave His people, || And does not forsake His inheritance.
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For judgment turns back to righteousness, || And after it all the upright of heart.
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Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
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Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, || My soul had almost inhabited silence.
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If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” || Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
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In the abundance of my thoughts within me, || Your comforts delight my soul.
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Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
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They decree against the soul of the righteous, || And declare innocent blood wicked.
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And YHWH is for a high place to me, || And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
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And He turns back their iniquity on them, || And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
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The Lord will not forget his people

1
LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
2
Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3
LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
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They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
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They break your people in pieces, LORD, 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, “The LORD 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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The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
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Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, 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 the LORD 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 evildoers?
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Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
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When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, 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 the LORD 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. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.
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