1.2 KiB
There Is a God Who Judges on Earth
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Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge with equity, O sons of men?
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No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you prepare a path for the violence of your hands.
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The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak falsehood wander in error from birth.
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They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
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So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.
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O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Yahweh.
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Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
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Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never behold the sun.
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Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the living and the burning alike.
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The righteous will be glad when he beholds the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!"