9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
But establish the just;
aFor the righteous God tests the hearts and
1 minds.
10 1My defense
is of God,
Who saves the
aupright in heart.
11 God
is a just judge,
And God is angry
with the wicked every day.
12 If he does not turn back,
He will
asharpen His sword;
He bends His bow and makes it ready.
13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.
14 aBehold,
the wicked brings forth iniquity;
Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit and dug it out,
aAnd has fallen into the ditch
which he made.
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