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Yahweh, God who avenges,
God who avenges, shine over us.
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Rise up, judge of the earth,
give recompense to the proud.
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How long will the wicked, Yahweh,
how long will the wicked rejoice?
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They pour out their arrogant words;
all those who behave wickedly boast.
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They crush your people, Yahweh;
they afflict your heritage.
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They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country,
and they murder the fatherless.
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They say, "Yah does not see;
the God of Jacob does not take notice of it."
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Pay attention, you stupid people!
You fools, when will you gain understanding?
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He who made the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
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He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct?
He is the one who gives knowledge to man.
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Yahweh knows the thoughts of men,
that they are vapor.
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Blessed is the one whom Yah instructs,
the one whom you teach from your law.
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You give him rest in times of trouble
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
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For Yahweh will not abandon his people
or abandon his inheritance.
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For judgment will again be righteous;
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
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Who will rise up to defend me against the evildoers?
Who will stand up for me against those who behave wickedly?
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Unless Yahweh had been my help,
I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.
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When I said, "My foot is slipping,"
Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
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When cares within me are many,
your consolations delight my soul.
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Can a throne of destruction be allied with you,
one that creates trouble by statute?
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They conspire together to take the life of the righteous
and they declare guilty the blood of the innocent.
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But Yahweh has been my high tower,
and my God has been the rock of my refuge.
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He will bring on them their own iniquity
and will cut them off in their own wickedness.
Yahweh our God will cut them off.