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- Chapter 94 -

The Lord will not forget his people

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A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver.
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Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.
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How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
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How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?(a)
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They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.
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They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.
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And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”
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Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.
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He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?
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He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke?(b)
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The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain.
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Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law.
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So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners.(c)
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For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance,
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even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart.(d) (e)
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Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
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Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell.
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If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
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According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul.
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Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment?(f)
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They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood.
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And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope.
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And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.

Footnotes

(a)93:4 The translation words ‘how long...’ are implied from the previous verse.(Conte)
(b)93:10 Or, ‘He who chastises nations, will he not rebuke? for it is he who teaches man knowledge.’(Conte)
(c)93:13 Rest from the evil days:That you may mitigate the sorrows, to which he is exposed, during the short and evil days of his mortality.(Challoner)
(d)93:15 The pronoun ‘illam’ is singular feminine, so it refers to ‘justitia’ not ‘judicium.’ The translation is somewhat loose in order to preserve the meaning of the Latin.(Conte)
(e)93:15 Until justice be turned into judgment, etc:By being put in execution; which will be agreeable to all the upright in heart.(Challoner)
(f)93:20 Does the seat of iniquity adhere:That is, will you, O God, who art always just, admit of the seat of iniquity: that is, of injustice, or unjust judges, to have any partnership with you? You who frames, or makes, labour in commandment, that is, you who obliges us to labour with all diligence to keep thy commandments.(Challoner)

The Lord will not forget his people

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LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
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Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
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LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
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They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
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They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
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They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
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They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
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Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
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He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
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He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
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The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
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Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
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that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
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For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
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For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
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Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
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Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
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When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
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In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
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Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
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They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
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But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
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He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.
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