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Psalms 94:3
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God the Refuge of the Righteous

1 O Lord God, ato whom vengeance belongs—
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! 
2 Rise up, O aJudge of the earth;
1Render punishment to the proud. 
3 Lord, ahow long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph? 
4 They autter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves. 
5 They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,
And afflict Your heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.
7 aYet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob1 understand.” 
8 Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?
9 aHe who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see? 
10 He who1 instructs the nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge? 
11 The Lord aknows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile. 
12 Blessed is the man whom You ainstruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law, 
13 That You may give him1 rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked. 
14 For the Lord will not1 cast off His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance. 
15 But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my help,
My soul would soon have settled in silence.
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Psalms 94:3

Lord, how long shall the wicked ... - As if there were to be no end to their exaltation; their joy; their success. How long would God allow this? How long would he sit by and see it done? Was he disposed to let them go on forever? Would he never interpose, and arrest them in their career? How often do we wonder that God does not interpose! How often does it seem inexplicable that a Being of almighty power and infinite goodness does not interfere with respect to the wickedness, the oppression, the slavery, the wrong, the cruelty, the fraud, the violence of the world - and put an end to it! Nay, how entirely are we overwhelmed at the thought that he does not put an end to iniquity in the universe altogether; that he never "will" thus interpose, and put an end to sin and sorrow! Such things are too high for us now; perhaps will be always so. Things on earth are not as we should suppose they would be; and we can only pause and adore where we cannot comprehend!


 
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