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Jeremiah 11:20

New American Bible - revised edition

But, you, Lord of hosts, just Judge, searcher of mind and heart, Let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause!

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Far be it from you to do such a thing, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! Far be it from you! Should not the judge of all the world do what is just?”

Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; then he went up to the house of the Lord, and spreading it out before the Lord,

“As for you, Solomon, my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing soul, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the mind’s thoughts. If you search for him, he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will cast you off forever.

I know, my God, that you put hearts to the test and that you take pleasure in integrity. With a whole heart I have willingly given all these things, and now with joy I have seen your people here present also giving to you generously.

In your place, I would appeal to God, and to God I would state my plea.

Probe me, God, know my heart; try me, know my thoughts.

Take up the shield and buckler; rise up in my defense.

Grant me justice, O God; defend me from a faithless people; from the deceitful and unjust rescue me.

For the director. Do not destroy. A miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into a cave.

Suddenly, like brambles or thistles, have the whirlwind snatch them away.

Let the malice of the wicked end. Uphold the just one, O just God, who tries hearts and minds.

Have the assembly of the peoples gather about you; and return on high above them,

the Lord will pass judgment on the peoples. Judge me, Lord, according to my righteousness, and my integrity.

Before the Lord who comes, who comes to govern the earth, To govern the world with justice and the peoples with fairness.

You would be in the right, O Lord, if I should dispute with you; even so, I must lay out the case against you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, why do all the treacherous live in contentment?

Lord, you know me, you see me, you have found that my heart is with you. Pick them out like sheep for the butcher, set them apart for the day of slaughter.

You know, Lord: Remember me and take care of me, avenge me on my persecutors. Because you are slow to anger, do not banish me; know that for you I have borne insult.

I, the Lord, explore the mind and test the heart, Giving to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their deeds.

Let my persecutors be confounded—not me! let them be terrified—not me! Bring upon them the day of disaster, crush them with double destruction. Observance of the Sabbath.

Lord of hosts, you test the just, you see mind and heart, Let me see the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause.

You pleaded my case, Lord, you redeemed my life.

You see, Lord, how I am wronged; do me justice!

Give them what they deserve, Lord, according to their deeds;

Then the spirit of the Lord fell upon me and told me to say: Thus says the Lord: This is how you talk, house of Israel. I know the things that come into your mind!

because he has established a day on which he will ‘judge the world with justice’ through a man he has appointed, and he has provided confirmation for all by raising him from the dead.”

Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

When he was insulted, he returned no insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten; instead, he handed himself over to the one who judges justly.

Rejoice over her, heaven, you holy ones, apostles, and prophets. For God has judged your case against her.”

I will also put her children to death. Thus shall all the churches come to know that I am the searcher of hearts and minds and that I will give each of you what your works deserve.

But the Lord said to Samuel: Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because I have rejected him. God does not see as a mortal, who sees the appearance. The Lord looks into the heart.

What is the king of Israel attacking? What are you pursuing? A dead dog! A single flea!




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