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King James Bible

 

King James Bible

Youngs Literal Translation


94:1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. God of vengeance -- Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
94:2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
94:3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? Till when `do' the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
94:5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
94:7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. And they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
94:10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge `is' Jehovah.
94:11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they `are' vanity.
94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
94:13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
94:15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. Unless Jehovah `were' a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? Is a throne of mischief joined `with' Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God `is' for a rock -- my refuge,
94:23 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. And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!