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Psalm 94

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1 God is Lord of vengeances; God of vengeance did freely. (God is the Lord of vengeance; O God of vengeance, show thyself!)
1 (93-1) The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
2 Be thou enhanced that deemest the earth; yield thou (a) yielding to proud men. (Be thou raised up, who judgest the earth; and punish thou those, who be proud.)
2 (93-2) Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 Lord, how long sinners; how long shall sinners have glory? (Lord, how long shall the sinners, yea, how long shall the sinners have glory?)
3 (93-3) How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
4 They shall tell out, and shall speak wickedness; all men shall speak that work unrightfulness. (They boast, and they all speak wickedness; yea, all who work unrighteousness have glory in themselves.)
4 (93-4) Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
5 Lord, they have made low thy people; and they have dis-eased thine heritage. (Lord, they have beaten down thy people; and they have distressed thy inheritance.)
5 (93-5) Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
6 They killed a widow and a comeling; and they have slain fatherless children and motherless. (They have killed widows and newcomers, or strangers; and they have slain the fatherless and the motherless, or the orphans.)
6 (93-6) They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
7 And they said, The Lord shall not see (it); and, (The) God of Jacob shall not understand.
7 (93-7) And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
8 Ye unwise men in the people, understand; and, ye fools, learn sometime. (Understand this, ye ignorant among the people; and learn something, ye fools.)
8 (93-8) Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
9 Shall not he hear, that planted the ear; either beholdeth not he, that made the eye? (Shall he not hear, who formed the ear? shall he not see, who made the eye?)
9 (93-9) He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
10 Shall not he reprove, that chastiseth folks; (shall he not know,) which teacheth man knowing? (Shall he not rebuke, who chastiseth the nations? shall he not know, who teacheth the people knowledge?)
10 (93-10) He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men; that those be (in) vain. (The Lord knoweth, that the thoughts of the people be all in vain, that is, empty, and useless, or worthless.)
11 (93-11) The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
12 Blessed is the man, whom thou, Lord, hast learned; and hast taught him of thy law. (Happy is the person whom thou, Lord, hast taught; yea, whom thou hast taught thy Law.)
12 (93-12) Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
13 That thou assuage him from evil days; till a ditch be digged to the sinner. (That thou assuage him from the evil days; until a ditch be dug for the sinners.)
13 (93-13) That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord shall not put away his people; and he shall not forsake his heritage. (For the Lord shall not reject his people; and he shall not abandon his inheritance.)
14 (93-14) For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
15 Till rightfulness be turned (again) into doom; and who be nigh it, all that be of rightful heart. (For judgement shall return unto righteousness; and all who have an upright heart shall follow it.)
15 (93-15) Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
16 Who shall rise with me against mis-doers; either who shall stand with me against them that work wickedness? (Who shall rise up for me against the evil-doers? and who shall stand up for me against those who do evil?)
16 (93-16) Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
17 No but for the Lord helped me; almost my soul had dwelled in hell. (If the Lord had not helped me; soon I would have slept in Sheol, or in the land of the dead/soon I would have slept in the grave.)
17 (93-17) Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.
18 If I said, My foot was stirred; Lord, thy mercy helped me. (But when I said, My foot is slipping! Lord, thy love held me up.)
18 (93-18) If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
19 After the multitude of my sorrows in mine heart; thy comforts made glad my soul. (And after a multitude of sorrows gathered together in my heart; once again thy comfort gladdened my soul.)
19 (93-19) According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
20 Whether the seat of wickedness cleaveth to thee; that makest travail in commandment? (Shall the throne of wickedness cleave to thee; thou who makest trespass within the commandments?/thou who makest trespass by the commandments?)
20 (93-20) Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
21 They shall take (hold) against the soul of a just man; and they shall condemn innocent blood. (For they gather themselves together against the life of the righteous; and they condemn the innocent to death.)
21 (93-21) They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
22 And the Lord was made to me into refuge (But the Lord was made my refuge); and my God was made into the help of mine hope.
22 (93-22) But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
23 And he shall yield to them the wickedness of them; and in the malice of them he shall lose them, our Lord God shall lose them. (And he shall punish them for their wickedness; he shall destroy them for their malice, yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.)
23 (93-23) And he will render them their iniquity:and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
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