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² Rise up, O Judge of the earth;
pay back to the proud what they deserve.

³ How long will the wicked, O LORD ,
how long will the wicked be jubilant?

⁴ They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.

⁵ They crush your people, O LORD ;
they oppress your inheritance.

⁶ They slay the widow and the alien;
they murder the fatherless.

⁷ They say, "The LORD does not see;
the God of Jacob pays no heed."

⁸ Take heed, you senseless ones among the people;
you fools, when will you become wise?

⁹ Does he who implanted the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?

¹⁰ Does he who disciplines nations not punish?
Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?

¹¹ The LORD knows the thoughts of man;
he knows that they are futile.

¹² Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD ,
the man you teach from your law;

¹³ you grant him relief from days of trouble,
till a pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴ For the LORD will not reject his people;
he will never forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵ Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?

¹⁷ Unless the LORD had given me help,
I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

¹⁸ When I said, "My foot is slipping,"
your love, O LORD , supported me.

¹⁹ When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought joy to my soul.

²⁰ Can a corrupt throne be allied with you-
one that brings on misery by its decrees?

²¹ They band together against the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.

²² But the LORD has become my fortress,
and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.

²³ He will repay them for their sins
and destroy them for their wickedness;
the LORD our God will destroy them.