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