Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
O
LORD,
God of vengeance ,
O
God of vengeance, shine forth.
God of vengeance --
Jehovah!
God of vengeance, shine forth.
Rise
up, O Judge of the earth ;
render
a reward
to
the proud.
Be
lifted
up, O Judge of the earth ,
Send
back
a recompence
on
the proud.
How
long
will
the wicked, O LORD,
how
long
will
the wicked exult?
Till
when
`do'
the wicked, O Jehovah?
Till
when
do
the wicked exult?
They pour
out
arrogant
words;
all workers
of
iniquity boast.
They utter
--
they
speak
an
old
saw,
All working
iniquity do
boast themselves
.
They
crush
Your
people, O LORD;
they oppress
Your
heritage
.
Thy
people, O Jehovah,
they bruise,
And
Thine
inheritance
they
afflict
.
They
kill
the
widow and the
foreigner;
they murder
the
fatherless.
Widow and sojourner
they slay,
And
fatherless ones
they
murder
.
They say, “The
LORD
does
not see ;
the God of Jacob pays
no
heed
. ”
And
they say, `Jehovah
doth
not see ,
And
the God of Jacob doth
not
consider
. '
Take
notice
, O
senseless
among the people !
O
fools
, when will
you
be
wise
?
Consider
, ye
brutish
among the people, And
ye
foolish,
when do
ye
act
wisely
?
He who affixed
the ear ,
can
He not hear? He who formed
the eye ,
can
He not see?
He who planteth
the ear doth
He not hear? He who formeth
the eye doth
He not see?
He who admonishes
the
nations, does
He not discipline
? He who teaches
man ,
does
He
lack
knowledge ?
He who is
instructing
nations, Doth
He not reprove
? He who is
teaching
man knowledge `is'
Jehovah.
The
LORD
knows
the thoughts of man, that they are futile
.
He
knoweth
the thoughts of man, that they `
are '
vanity
.
Blessed
is
the man You
discipline
, O LORD
, and teach
from
Your
law,
O
the happiness
of
the
man Whom
Thou
instructest
, O Jah
, And out
of
Thy
law teachest
him
,
to grant
him relief
from days of trouble
, until
a pit is dug
for the wicked.
To give
rest
to
him from days of evil
, While
a pit is digged
for the wicked.
For the
LORD
will
not forsake
His people ;
He
will
never
abandon
His heritage
.
For Jehovah
leaveth
not His people ,
And
His inheritance
forsaketh
not
.
Surely
judgment will
again
be
righteous
, and all the upright in
heart will
follow
it.
For
to
righteousness
judgment turneth
back
, And after
it
all the upright of
heart ,
Who will
rise
up for me against
the
wicked
? Who will
stand
for me against
the
workers of iniquity?
Who riseth
up for me with
evil
doers
? Who stationeth
himself
for me with
workers of iniquity?
Unless the
LORD
had
been
my
helper
, I
would
soon
have
dwelt
in
the
abode
of
silence.
Unless Jehovah
`were'
a
help
to
me
, My
soul
had
almost
inhabited
silence.
If I say
, “
My foot is
slipping
, ”
Your
loving
devotion
, O LORD
, supports
me.
If I have
said
, `
My foot hath
slipped
, '
Thy
kindness
, O Jehovah
, supporteth
me.
When
anxiety
overwhelms
me, Your
consolation
delights
my soul.
In
the
abundance
of
my
thoughts
within
me, Thy
comforts
delight
my soul.
Can
a corrupt
throne be
Your
ally—
one
devising
mischief by decree
?
Is
a throne of
mischief joined
`with'
Thee?
A
framer
of
perverseness
by statute
?
They band
together
against the righteous and condemn
the
innocent to
death
.
They decree
against the soul
of
the
righteous ,
And innocent blood
declare
wicked
.
But
the
LORD
has
been
my
stronghold
, and my God is my
rock of
refuge .
And
Jehovah
is
for
a
high
place
to
me
, And my God `
is '
for
a
rock --
my
refuge ,
He
will
bring
upon
them their own
iniquity and destroy
them
for
their wickedness .
The
LORD
our God will
destroy
them .
And
turneth
back
on
them their iniquity ,
And in
their wickedness cutteth
them
off;
Jehovah
our God doth
cut
them off!
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