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21 These things you have done, and I have been silent;
    you thought that I was one just like yourself.
But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.(A)

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11 Whom did you dread and fear
    so that you lied
and did not remember me
    or give me a thought?
Have I not kept silent and closed my eyes,[a]
    and so you do not fear me?(A)

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  1. 57.11 Gk Vg: Heb silent even for a long time

You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins in the light of your countenance.(A)

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Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?(A) But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.(B)

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11 Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil. 12 Though sinners do evil a hundred times and prolong their lives, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they stand in fear before him,(A)

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29 One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn,
    will suddenly be broken beyond healing.(A)

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Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.(A)

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The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you,[a] not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.(A)

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  1. 3.9 Other ancient authorities read on your account

14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including[a] every secret thing, whether good or evil.(A)

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  1. 12.14 Or into the judgment on

and they say, “The Lord does not see;
    the God of Jacob does not perceive.”(A)

Understand, O dullest of the people;
    fools, when will you be wise?(B)
He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?(C)
10 He who disciplines the nations,
he who teaches knowledge to humankind,
    does he not chastise?(D)
11 The Lord knows our thoughts,[a]
    that they are but an empty breath.(E)

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  1. 94.11 Heb the thoughts of humankind

Our God comes and does not keep silent;
    before him is a devouring fire
    and a mighty tempest all around him.(A)

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The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.(A)

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14 For a long time I have held my peace;
    I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out like a woman in labor;
    I will gasp and pant.(A)

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19 I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.(A)

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11 And they say, “How can God know?
    Is there knowledge in the Most High?”(A)

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14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”[a] He said further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ”(A)

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  1. 3.14 Or I am what I am or I will be what I will be

15 Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket
    and are accounted as dust on the scales;
    see, he takes up the isles like fine dust.(A)
16 Lebanon would not provide fuel enough,
    nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering.]][a]
17 All the nations are as nothing before him;
    they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.(B)

18 To whom, then, will you liken God,
    or what likeness compare with him?(C)

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  1. 40.14–16 Q ms lacks Who taught him . . . burnt offering

Psalm 109

Prayer for Vindication and Vengeance

To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.

Do not be silent, O God of my praise.(A)
For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,
    speaking against me with lying tongues.
They surround me with words of hate
    and attack me without cause.(B)

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10 If favor is shown to the wicked,
    they do not learn righteousness;
they corrupt what is upright on the earth
    and do not see the majesty of the Lord.(A)

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Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;
    your burnt offerings are continually before me.(A)

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19 God is not a human being, that he should lie,
    or a mortal, that he should change his mind.
Has he promised, and will he not do it?
    Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?(A)

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