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1 (93-1) The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
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O Lord, you God of vengeance, you God of vengeance, shine forth!
2 (93-2) Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
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Rise up, O judge of the earth; give to the proud what they deserve!
3 (93-3) How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
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O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
4 (93-4) Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
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They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
5 (93-5) Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
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They crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your heritage.
6 (93-6) They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
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They kill the widow and the stranger, they murder the orphan,
7 (93-7) And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
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and they say, "The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive."
8 (93-8) Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
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Understand, O dullest of the people; fools, when will you be wise?
9 (93-9) He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
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He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 (93-10) He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
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He who disciplines the nations, he who teaches knowledge to humankind, does he not chastise?
11 (93-11) The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
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The Lord knows our thoughts, that they are but an empty breath.
12 (93-12) Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
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Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law,
13 (93-13) That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
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giving them respite from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 (93-14) For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
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For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage;
15 (93-15) Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
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for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 (93-16) Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
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Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?
17 (93-17) Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.
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If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
18 (93-18) If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
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When I thought, "My foot is slipping," your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
19 (93-19) According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
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When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
20 (93-20) Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
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Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who contrive mischief by statute?
21 (93-21) They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
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They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.
22 (93-22) But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
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But the Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 (93-23) And he will render them their iniquity:and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
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He will repay them for their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.
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