R (14a) The Lord will not abandon his people.
Your people, O Lord, they trample down,
your inheritance they afflict.
Widow and stranger they slay,
the fatherless they murder. R
And they say, “The Lord sees not;
the God of Jacob perceives not.”
Understand, you senseless ones among the people;
and, you fools, when will you be wise? R
Shall he who shaped the ear not hear?
or he who formed the eye not see?
Shall he who instructs nations not chastise,
he who teaches men knowledge? R
For the Lord will not cast off his people,
nor abandon his inheritance;
But judgment shall again be with justice,
and all the upright of heart shall follow it. R
Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth;/ you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. Alleluia, alleluia.
- Although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. l
