True Justice

-Swans, Yellowstone Winter, FB

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From Zechariah 7:9-10 which we should certainly heed:

“Thus has the Lord of hosts said, 

‘Dispense true justice

and practice kindness 

and compassion each to his brother; 

and do not oppress the widow 

or the orphan, 

the stranger 

or the poor; 

and do not devise evil in your hearts 

against one another.’

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The LORD knows your sorrows; 

He knows your heartaches; 

He knows your agonies; 

He understands your groans...

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Psalm 56

"Be gracious to me, O God, 

for man has trampled upon me;


Fighting all day long he oppresses me.




My foes have trampled upon me all day long,


For they are many who fight proudly against me.


When I am afraid,


I will put my trust in You.


In God, whose word I praise,


In God I have put my trust;


I shall not be afraid.


What can mere man do to me?


All day long they distort my words;


All their thoughts are against me for evil.


They attack, they lurk,


They watch my steps,


As they have waited to take my life.


Because of wickedness, cast them forth,


In anger put down the peoples, O God!

You have taken account of my wanderings;


Put my tears in Your bottle.


Are they not in Your book?


Then my enemies will turn back 

in the day when I call;


This I know, that God is for me.


In God, whose word I praise,


In the Lord, whose word I praise,


In God I have put my trust, 

I shall not be afraid.


What can man do to me?


Your vows are binding upon me, O God;


I will render thank offerings to You.


For You have delivered my soul from death,


Indeed my feet from stumbling,


So that I may walk before God


In the light of the living."

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O Lord Most High, with All My heart

O Lord Most High, with all my heart


your wondrous works I will proclaim;


I will be glad and give you thanks


and sing the praises of your name.


The Lord, the everlasting King,


is seated on his judgment throne;


the righteous Judge of all the world


will make His perfect justice known.


Jehovah will a refuge prove,


a refuge strong for all oppressed,


a safe retreat, where weary souls


in troubled times may surely rest.


All they, O Lord, that know your name


their confidence in you will place,


for you have ne’er forsaken them


who earnestly have sought your face.


Sing praises to the Lord Most High,


to him who does in Zion dwell;


declare his mighty deeds abroad,


his deeds among the nations tell.

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