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1. In the LORD I Take Refuge

   (Habakkuk 1:12–17)

2. 1USTThis is a note for the worship leader: This is a psalm of David. I trust that Yahweh will protect me. So do not say to me,“You need to escape to the mountains like birds do,BSBBSB: For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
3. 2USTbecause wicked people have hidden in the darkness. They have pulled back their bowstrings and aimed their arrows to shoot them at godly people{ like you}.BSBBSB: For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
4. 3USTWhen people are not punished for doing wrong things, there is nothing righteous people can do.”BSBBSB: If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
5. 4USTBut Yahweh is in his holy sanctuary, he reigns from heaven, and he watches and examines{ everything that} people do.BSBBSB: The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
6. 5USTYahweh examines what righteous people do and what wicked people do, and he hates those who love to do violent things.BSBBSB: The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
7. 6USTMay he send down from the sky traps upon the wicked, and may Yahweh punish them with fire and burning sulfur and scorching hot winds.BSBBSB: On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
8. 7USTYahweh is completely righteous, and he loves when people do what is righteous. People who do what is right will be able to come into his presence.BSBBSB: For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

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