Psalm 94
A Prayer for
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O LORD God, to whom
vengeance belongeth;
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O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show
thyself. |
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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the
earth:
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render a reward to the
proud. |
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LORD, how long shall
the wicked,
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how long shall the wicked
triumph? |
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How long shall they utter and speak hard things?
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and all the workers of iniquity boast
themselves? |
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They break in pieces thy people, O LORD,
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and afflict thine
heritage. |
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They slay the widow and the stranger,
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and murder the
fatherless. |
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Yet they say, The LORD shall not see,
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neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
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Understand, ye brutish among the
people:
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and ye fools, when will ye be
wise? |
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He that planted the ear, shall he not
hear?
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He that formed the eye, shall he not
see? |
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10 |
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not
he correct?
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He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he
know? |
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The LORD knoweth the
thoughts of man,
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Blessed is the man whom thou
chastenest, O LORD,
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and teachest him out of thy
law; |
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that thou mayest give him rest from the
days of adversity,
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until the pit be digged for the
wicked. |
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For the LORD will
not cast off his people,
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neither will he forsake his
inheritance. |
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But judgment shall return unto
righteousness:
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and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
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Who will rise up for me against the
evildoers?
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Or who will stand up for me against the
workers of
iniquity? |
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Unless the LORD had been my help,
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my soul had almost dwelt in
silence. |
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When I said, My foot slippeth;
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thy mercy, O LORD, held me
up. |
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In the multitude of my thoughts within
me
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thy comforts delight my
soul. |
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20 |
Shall the throne of iniquity have
fellowship with thee,
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which frameth mischief by a
law? |
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They gather themselves together against
the soul of the righteous,
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and condemn the innocent
blood. |
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But the LORD is my
defense;
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and my God is the rock of my
refuge. |
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And he shall bring upon them their own
iniquity,
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and shall cut them off in their own
wickedness; |
yea, the LORD our God
shall cut them
off. |
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