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Psalms 94
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1God of vengeance--Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
1O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
2Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
2Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
3Till when <FI>do<Fi> the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
3How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
4They utter--they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
4Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
5Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
5Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
6Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
7And they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
7And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
8Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
8Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
9He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
9Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
10He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.
10He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
11He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they <FI>are<Fi> vanity.
11The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
12O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
12Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
13To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
13So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
14For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
14The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
15For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
15But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
16Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
16Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
17Unless Jehovah <FI>were<Fi> a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
17If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
18If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
18If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
19In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
19Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
20Is a throne of mischief joined <FI>with<Fi> Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
20What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
21They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
21They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.