The LORD Will Not Forget His People 1 CPDV A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver. BSB BSB: O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 CPDV Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution. BSB BSB: Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
3 CPDV How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory? BSB BSB: How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
4 CPDV How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out? BSB BSB: They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
5 CPDV They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance. BSB BSB: They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
6 CPDV They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan. BSB BSB: They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 CPDV And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.” BSB BSB: They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
8 CPDV Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones. BSB BSB: Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
9 CPDV He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely? BSB BSB: He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
10 CPDV He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke? BSB BSB: He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
11 CPDV The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain. BSB BSB: The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 CPDV Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law. BSB BSB: Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
13 CPDV So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners. BSB BSB: to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 CPDV For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance, BSB BSB: For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
15 CPDV even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart. BSB BSB: Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 CPDV Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity? BSB BSB: Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 CPDV Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell. BSB BSB: Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18 CPDV If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me. BSB BSB: If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
19 CPDV According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul. BSB BSB: When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
20 CPDV Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment? BSB BSB: Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
21 CPDV They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood. BSB BSB: They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 CPDV And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope. BSB BSB: But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
23 CPDV And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them. BSB BSB: He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
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