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¹ O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.² Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.³ Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?⁴ They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.⁵ They smite downe thy people, O Lorde, and trouble thine heritage.⁶ They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murther the fatherlesse.⁷ Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.⁸ Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?⁹ Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?¹⁰ Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?¹¹ The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.

¹² Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,¹³ That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.¹⁴ Surely the Lorde will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.¹⁵ For iudgement shal returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall followe after it.¹⁶ Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?¹⁷ If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.¹⁸ When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.¹⁹ In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.²⁰ Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?²¹ They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.²² But the Lorde is my refuge, and my God is the rocke of mine hope.²³ And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.