Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
O
Lord
God ,
to
whom
vengeance belongeth;
O
God ,
to
whom
vengeance belongeth
, shew
thyself
.
God of
vengeance --
Jehovah!
God of
vengeance, shine
forth
.
Lift
up thyself
, thou
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.
LORD,
how
long
shall
the wicked, how
long
shall
the wicked triumph
?
Till
when
`do'
the wicked, O
Jehovah?
Till
when
do
the wicked exult
?
How
long
shall
they utter and
speak hard
things?
and
all the
workers
of
iniquity boast themselves ?
They utter --
they
speak an
old
saw,
All working
iniquity do
boast themselves .
They
break
in
pieces
thy people, O LORD
, and afflict
thine heritage
.
Thy people, O Jehovah
, they
bruise,
And Thine inheritance
they
afflict
.
They
slay
the
widow and the
stranger
, and murder
the
fatherless.
Widow and sojourner
they
slay
, And fatherless ones
they
murder
.
Yet
they say, The
LORD
shall
not see, neither
shall
the God of Jacob regard
it
.
And
they say, `Jehovah
doth
not see, And
the God of Jacob doth
not
consider
. '
Understand
, ye brutish among the people :
and ye fools
, when will
ye be
wise
?
Consider
, ye brutish among the people ,
And ye foolish
, when do
ye act
wisely
?
He that
planted
the ear ,
shall
he not hear? he that
formed
the eye ,
shall
he not see?
He who
planteth
the ear doth
He not hear? He who
formeth
the eye doth
He not see?
He that
chastiseth
the
heathen
, shall
not
he correct
? he that
teacheth
man knowledge ,
shall
not
he
know?
He who
is
instructing
nations
, Doth
He not
reprove
? He who
is
teaching
man knowledge `is'
Jehovah.
The
LORD
knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
He
knoweth the thoughts of man, that they `
are '
vanity.
Blessed
is
the man whom thou chastenest
, O LORD
, and teachest
him
out of thy law ;
O
the happiness
of
the
man Whom Thou instructest
, O Jah
, And out of Thy law teachest
him,
That
thou
mayest
give him
rest from the
days of adversity
, until
the
pit be
digged 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 cast
off
his people, neither
will
he
forsake
his inheritance.
For Jehovah
leaveth
not His people, And
His inheritance forsaketh
not
.
But
judgment
shall
return
unto
righteousness :
and all the upright in
heart shall
follow
it.
For
to
righteousness judgment
turneth
back,
And after
it
all the upright of
heart ,
Who will
rise
up for me against
the
evildoers
? or
who will
stand
up
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
help, my soul had almost dwelt
in
silence.
Unless Jehovah
`were'
a
help to
me
, My soul had almost inhabited
silence.
When
I said, My foot slippeth;
thy mercy
, O LORD
, held
me up
.
If
I have
said, `
My foot hath
slipped,'
Thy kindness
, O Jehovah
, supporteth
me.
In the multitude
of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
In the abundance
of my thoughts within me ,
Thy comforts delight my soul.
Shall
the
throne of iniquity
have
fellowship
with thee ,
which
frameth
mischief
by
a law
?
Is
a
throne of mischief
joined
`
with '
Thee ?
A framer
of
perverseness
by
statute
?
They gather
themselves
together
against the soul of the righteous, and condemn
the
innocent blood.
They decree
against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare
wicked
.
But
the
LORD
is my
defence;
and my God is the
rock of
my refuge .
And
Jehovah
is for
a
high
place
to
me,
And my God `
is '
for
a
rock --
my refuge ,
And he
shall
bring
upon
them their own
iniquity, and shall
cut
them
off
in their own
wickedness; yea,
the
LORD
our God shall
cut them off .
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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