The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Psalms
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Psalm 13
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1
(To the choir-master. Of David.)
There is no God above us, is the fond thought of reckless hearts; warped natures everywhere and hateful lives! There is not an innocent man among them.
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The Lord looks down from heaven at the race of men, to find one soul that reflects, and makes God its aim;
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but no, all have missed the mark and rebelled against him; an innocent man is nowhere to be found.
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What, can they learn nothing, all these traffickers in iniquity, who feed themselves fat on this people of mine, as if it were bread for their eating,
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and never invoke the Lord’s name? What wonder if fear unmans them, when the Lord takes the part of the innocent?
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Easily you thought to outwit the friendless; see, the Lord is his refuge!
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Oh, that it might dawn over Sion, Israel’s deliverance! Day of gladness for Jacob, day of Israel’s triumph, when the Lord restores the fortunes of his own people.