The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
A Prayer for Vengeance |
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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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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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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; |
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yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off. |
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