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An Appeal for Divine Justice

12 Rise up, O Lord! Lift up your hand, O God.
Do not forget the oppressed.
13 Why does the wicked man despise God?
Why does he say in his heart,
“You do not seek justice”?
14 But you do see. You notice trouble and grief.
You take it into your own hands.
The helpless one abandons himself to you.
For the fatherless you are indeed a helper.

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12 Arise,(A) Lord! Lift up your hand,(B) O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.(C)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(D)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?(E)
14 But you, God, see the trouble(F) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(G)
    you are the helper(H) of the fatherless.

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