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94:1 O LORD, thou God of vengeance, thou God of vengeance, shine forth! 94:2 Rise up, O judge of the earth;render to the proud their deserts! 94:3 O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? 94:4 They pour out their arrogant words, they boast, all the evildoers. 94:5 They crush thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage. 94:6 They slay the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; 94:7 and they say, 'The LORD does not see;the God of Jacob does not perceive.' 94:8 Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise? 94:9 He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see? 94:10 He who chastens the nations, does he not chastise? He who teaches men knowledge, 94:11 the LORD, knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath. 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law 94:13 to give him respite from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. 94:14 For the LORD will not forsake his people;he will not abandon his heritage; 94:15 for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. 94:16 Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers? 94:17 If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence. 94:18 When I thought, 'My foot slips,' thy steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. 94:19 When the cares of my heart are many, thy consolations cheer my soul. 94:20 Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute? 94:21 They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death. 94:22 But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge. 94:23 He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness;the LORD our God will wipe them out.