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| [1]God of vengeance -- Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth. |
[1]O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs, O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show thyself. |
| [2]Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud. |
[2]Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud. |
| [3]Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult? |
[3]LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked boast? |
| [4]They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves. |
[4]They shall utter and speak unjust things; they shall speak all kinds of evil things. |
| [5]Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict. |
[5]For they have humbled thy people, O LORD, and subdued thine heritage. |
| [6]Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder. |
[6]They slay the widow and the innocent, and murder the fatherless. |
| [7]And they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.' |
[7]Yet they say, The LORD does not see, neither does the God of Jacob regard it. |
| [8]Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely? |
[8]Understand, you stupid among the people and you fools, when will you be wise? |
| [9]He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see? |
[9]He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see? |
| [10]He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah. |
[10]He who chastises the nations, shall not he rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge, shall he not know? |
| [11]He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity. |
[11]The LORD knows the thoughts of man; they are like a breath. |
| [12]O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him, |
[12]Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, and teachest out of thy law; |
| [13]To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked. |
[13]That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. |
| [14]For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not. |
[14]For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. |
| [15]For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart, |
[15]For judgment shall return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. |
| [16]Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity? |
[16]Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up against the workers of iniquity? |
| [17]Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence. |
[17]Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would soon have been in trouble. |
| [18]If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me. |
[18]When I said, My foot slips, thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. |
| [19]In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul. |
[19]In the multitude of my sorrows, within my heart thy comforts delight my soul. |
| [20]Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute? |
[20]Evil rulers shall not have fellowship with thee, for they have framed mischief against thy law. |
| [21]They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked. |
[21]They lay snares to trap the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. |
| [22]And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock -- my refuge, |
[22]But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge. |
| [23]And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off! |
[23]And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall silence them in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall silence them. |