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shine forth!</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>Rise up, O judge of the earth;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">give to the proud what they deserve!</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, how long shall the wicked,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">how long shall the wicked exult?</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>They pour out their arrogant words;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">all the evildoers boast.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>They crush your people, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and afflict your heritage.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>They kill the widow and the stranger,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they murder the orphan,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>and they say, “The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> does not see;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the God of Jacob does not perceive.”</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Understand, O dullest of the people;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">fools, when will you be wise?</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>He who planted the ear, does he not hear?</span><br /><span class="text">He who formed the eye, does he not see?</span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>He who disciplines the nations,</span><br /><span class="text">he who teaches knowledge to humankind,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">does he not chastise?</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> knows our thoughts,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-17513a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">that they are but an empty breath.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Happy are those whom you discipline, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and whom you teach out of your law,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>giving them respite from days of trouble,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">until a pit is dug for the wicked.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>For the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> will not forsake his people;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he will not abandon his heritage;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>for justice will return to the righteous,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and all the upright in heart will follow it.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Who rises up for me against the wicked?</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">Who stands up for me against evildoers?</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>If the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> had not been my help,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>When I thought, “My foot is slipping,”</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">your steadfast love, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, held me up.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>When the cares of my heart are many,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">your consolations cheer my soul.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>Can wicked rulers be allied with you,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">those who contrive mischief by statute?</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>They band together against the life of the righteous,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and condemn the innocent to death.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>But the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> has become my stronghold,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and my God the rock of my refuge.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>He will repay them for their iniquity</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and wipe them out for their wickedness;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> our God will wipe them out.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 94:11">Psalm 94:11</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>the thoughts of humankind</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div 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