1O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud their desert.3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.5They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”They say, “Yah will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?9He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?10He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, Even he that teacheth man knowledge?11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law,Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;13to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.For Yahweh won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.15Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?17Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.19When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.22But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.
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