The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Psalms
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Psalm 10
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(To the choir-master. Of David.)
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My trust is in the Lord; how is it that you say to me, Escape, like a frightened sparrow, to the hill-side?
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Escape; the rebels have strung their bows, have arrows ready on the string, to shoot from their hiding-places at an unoffending heart;
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they have thrown down all thou hadst built; what hope, now, for the just man?

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Is not the Lord in his holy shrine, the same Lord whose throne is in heaven, whose eye watches, whose glance can appraise, the deeds of men?
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Innocent or sinful, he reads every heart, and the friends of wrong-doing are his enemies.
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Pitilessly his weapons rain down upon the offenders; burning coals, and brimstone, and scorching wind; such is the draught he brews for them.
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The Lord is just, and just are the deeds he loves; none but upright souls shall enjoy his presence.