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God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.
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If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
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The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
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I will give thanks to the class="small-caps" >Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the class="small-caps" >Lord Most High.
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Psalm 8
For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.
class="small-caps" >Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.
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Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
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When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
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what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
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You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
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You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:
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the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
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class="small-caps" >Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
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My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
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For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.
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You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.
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The class="small-caps" >Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
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He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.
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Sing the praises of the class="small-caps" >Lord, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
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For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.
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class="small-caps" >Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
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The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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The class="small-caps" >Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
