The Bible in Basic English BBE
Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB
1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
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4 Hashem G-d, to whom vengeance belongeth; O G-d, to whom vengeance belongeth, show Thyself.
2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
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Rise up, Thou Shofet HaAretz; render gemul (recompense, desert) to the ge’im (proud ones).
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
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Ad mosai, Hashem, shall the resha’im, how long shall the resha’im triumph?
4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
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How long shall they utter and speak malicious lies? And all the po’alei aven (workers of iniquity) glorify themselves?
5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
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They crush Thy people, Hashem, and afflict Thine nachalah.
6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
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They slay the almanah and the ger, and murder the yetomim (fatherless, orphans).
7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
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Yet they say, Hashem shall not see, neither shall the Elohei Ya’akov regard it.
8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
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Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye kesilim (fools), when will ye get seichel?
9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
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He that planted the ozen (ear), shall He not hear? He that formed the ayin (eye), shall He not see?
10 He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
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He that chastiseth the Goyim, shall not He reprove? He that is the melamed (teacher) of da’as to adam?
11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
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Hashem knoweth the machshevot (thoughts) of adam, that they are hevel (vanity, futile).
12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
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Ashrei (blessed) is the gever whom Thou chastenest, Hashem, and teachest him out of Thy torah;
13 So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
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That Thou mayest grant him relief from the days of rah, until a shachat (pit) is dug for the rasha.
14 The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
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For Hashem will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His nachalah.
15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
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But mishpat shall revert unto tzedek; and all the yishrei lev (upright in heart) shall follow after it.
16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
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Who will rise up for Me against the evildoers? Or who will take a stand for Me against the po’alei aven (workers of iniquity)?
17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
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Unless Hashem had been my help, my nefesh had almost dwelt in dumah (silence).
18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
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When I said, My regel (foot) slippeth, Thy chesed, Hashem, held me up.
19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
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In the multitude of my anxieties within me Thy comforts delight my nefesh.
20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
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Shall the kisse of corruption have chavurah (fellowship) with Thee, those, which deviseth evil by a chok (statute)?
21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
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They band together against the nefesh of the tzaddik, and condemn dahm naki (innocent blood).
22 But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
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But Hashem is my stronghold; and Elohai is the Tzur of my refuge.
23 And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
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And He shall turn back upon them their own iniquity, and shall destroy them for their own wickedness; Hashem Eloheinu shall destroy them.
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