The LORD Will Not Forget His People 1 DBY O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, shine forth; BSB BSB: O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 DBY Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud. BSB BSB: Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
3 DBY How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph? BSB BSB: How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
4 DBY How long shall they utter and speak insolence — all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?BSB BSB: They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
5 DBY They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance; BSB BSB: They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
6 DBY They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless, BSB BSB: They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 DBY And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it . BSB BSB: They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
8 DBY Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise? BSB BSB: Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
9 DBY He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? BSB BSB: He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
10 DBY He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct — he that teacheth man knowledge? BSB BSB: He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
11 DBY Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. BSB BSB: The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 DBY Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law; BSB BSB: Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
13 DBY That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked. BSB BSB: to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 DBY For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance; BSB BSB: For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
15 DBY For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. BSB BSB: Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 DBY Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for 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 DBY If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. BSB BSB: Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18 DBY When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up. BSB BSB: If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
19 DBY In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul. BSB BSB: When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
20 DBY Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law? BSB BSB: Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
21 DBY They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. BSB BSB: They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 DBY But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge. BSB BSB: But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
23 DBY And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off. 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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