The LORD Will Not Forget His People 1 RV O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. BSB BSB: O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 RV Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render to the proud their desert. BSB BSB: Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
3 RV LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? BSB BSB: How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
4 RV They prate, they speak arrogantly: all the workers of iniquity boast themselves. BSB BSB: They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
5 RV They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. BSB BSB: They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
6 RV 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 RV And they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob consider. BSB BSB: They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
8 RV Consider, 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 RV 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 RV He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, even 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 RV The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. BSB BSB: The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 RV Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest out of thy law; BSB BSB: Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
13 RV That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, 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 RV For the LORD 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 RV 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 RV Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand up 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 RV Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence. BSB BSB: Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18 RV When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. BSB BSB: If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
19 RV In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. BSB BSB: When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
20 RV Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by statute? BSB BSB: Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
21 RV They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. BSB BSB: They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 RV But the LORD hath been 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 RV And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God shall 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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