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7 Gather the nations before you. Rule over them from on high.
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Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.
8 The LORD judges the nations. Declare me righteous, O LORD, for I am innocent, O Most High!
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Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
9 End the evil of those who are wicked, and defend the righteous. For you look deep within the mind and heart, O righteous God.
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Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure— you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.
10 God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are true and right.
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My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is an honest judge. He is angry with the wicked every day.
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God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.
12 If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
13 He will prepare his deadly weapons and shoot his flaming arrows.
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He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
14 The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.
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Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
15 They dig a deep pit to trap others, then fall into it themselves.
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Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.
16 The trouble they make for others backfires on them. The violence they plan falls on their own heads.
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The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
17 I will thank the LORD because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.
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