| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1O LORD, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! | 1O LORD, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth! |
| 2Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud! | 2Rise up, O Judge of the earth, Render recompense to the proud. |
| 3O LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate? | 3How long shall the wicked, O LORD, How long shall the wicked exult? |
| 4They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast. | 4They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly; All who do wickedness vaunt themselves. |
| 5O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you. | 5They crush Your people, O LORD, And afflict Your heritage. |
| 6They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless. | 6They slay the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans. |
| 7Then they say, "The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it." | 7They have said, "The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed." |
| 8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand? | 8Pay heed, you senseless among the people; And when will you understand, stupid ones? |
| 9Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see? | 9He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see? |
| 10Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings! | 10He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke, Even He who teaches man knowledge? |
| 11The LORD knows that peoples' thoughts are morally bankrupt. | 11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are a mere breath. |
| 12How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law, | 12Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O LORD, And whom You teach out of Your law; |
| 13in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed. | 13That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity, Until a pit is dug for the wicked. |
| 14Certainly the LORD does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. | 14For the LORD will not abandon His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance. |
| 15For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated. | 15For judgment will again be righteous, And all the upright in heart will follow it. |
| 16Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? | 16Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness? |
| 17If the LORD had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death. | 17If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. |
| 18If I say, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O LORD, supports me. | 18If I should say, "My foot has slipped," Your lovingkindness, O LORD, will hold me up. |
| 19When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy. | 19When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul. |
| 20Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws. | 20Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which devises mischief by decree? |
| 21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent. | 21They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death. |
| 22But the LORD will protect me, and my God will shelter me. | 22But the LORD has been my stronghold, And my God the rock of my refuge. |
| 23He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the LORD our God will destroy them. | 23He has brought back their wickedness upon them And will destroy them in their evil; The LORD our God will destroy them. |
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