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1. O Jehovah, God of vengeance; O God of vengeance, shine forth!
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1. O LORD H3068 God H410 , to whom vengeance H5360 belongeth ; O God H410 , to whom vengeance H5360 belongeth , show thyself H3313 .
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2. Lift up Yourself, O Judge of the earth; give a just recompence on the proud.
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2. Lift up thyself H5375 , thou judge H8199 of the earth H776 : render H7725 a reward H1576 to H5921 the proud H1343 .
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3. Until when shall the wicked, O Jehovah, until when shall the wicked exult?
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3. LORD H3068 , how long H5704 H4970 shall the wicked H7563 , how long H5704 H4970 shall the wicked H7563 triumph H5937 ?
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4. They gush, they speak impudent things; all the workers of evil speak proudly.
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4. How long shall they utter H5042 and speak H1696 hard things H6277 ? and all H3605 the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 boast themselves H559 ?
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5. O Jehovah, they crush Your people and afflict Your inheritance.
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5. They break in pieces H1792 thy people H5971 , O LORD H3068 , and afflict H6031 thine heritage H5159 .
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6. They kill the widow and the stranger, and murder the orphan.
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6. They slay H2026 the widow H490 and the stranger H1616 , and murder H7523 the fatherless H3490 .
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7. Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, nor shall the God of Jacob observe.
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7. Yet they say H559 , The LORD H3050 shall not H3808 see H7200 , neither H3808 shall the God H430 of Jacob H3290 regard H995 it .
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8. Understand you beastly ones among the people; yea, you fools, when will you be wise?
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8. Understand H995 , ye brutish H1197 among the people H5971 : and ye fools H3684 , when H4970 will ye be wise H7919 ?
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9. He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
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9. He that planted H5193 the ear H241 , shall he not H3808 hear H8085 ? he that formed H3335 the eye H5869 , shall he not H3808 see H5027 ?
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10. He who chastises the nations, shall He not punish, He who teaches man knowledge?
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10. He that chastiseth H3256 the heathen H1471 , shall not H3808 he correct H3198 ? he that teacheth H3925 man H120 knowledge H1847 , shall not he know ?
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11. Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are a mist.
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11. The LORD H3068 knoweth H3045 the thoughts H4284 of man H120 , that H3588 they H1992 are vanity H1892 .
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12. Blessed is the man You chasten, O Jehovah, You teach him out of Your Law;
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12. Blessed H835 is the man H1397 whom H834 thou chastenest H3256 , O LORD H3050 , and teachest H3925 him out of thy law H4480 H8451 ;
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13. to give him rest from troubled days, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
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13. That thou mayest give him rest H8252 from the days H4480 H3117 of adversity H7451 , until H5704 the pit H7845 be digged H3738 for the wicked H7563 .
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14. For Jehovah will not leave His people; nor will He forsake His inheritance.
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14. For H3588 the LORD H3068 will not H3808 cast off H5203 his people H5971 , neither H3808 will he forsake H5800 his inheritance H5159 .
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15. For judgment shall turn to righteousness; and all the upright in heart shall follow after it.
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15. But H3588 judgment H4941 shall return H7725 unto H5704 righteousness H6664 : and all H3605 the upright H3477 in heart H3820 shall follow H310 it.
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16. Who will rise up for Me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for Me against the workers of evil?
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16. Who H4310 will rise up H6965 for me against H5973 the evildoers H7489 ? or who H4310 will stand up H3320 for me against H5973 the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 ?
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17. Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would almost have dwelt in silence.
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17. Unless H3884 the LORD H3068 had been my help H5833 , my soul H5315 had almost H4592 dwelt H7931 in silence H1745 .
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18. If I said, My foot slides, O Jehovah, Your mercy has held me up.
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18. When H518 I said H559 , My foot H7272 slippeth H4131 ; thy mercy H2617 , O LORD H3068 , held me up H5582 .
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19. In the multitude of my inward thoughts, Your comforts delight my soul.
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19. In the multitude H7230 of my thoughts H8312 within H7130 me thy comforts H8575 delight H8173 my soul H5315 .
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20. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, devising mischief for a statute?
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20. Shall the throne H3678 of iniquity H1942 have fellowship H2266 with thee , which frameth H3335 mischief H5999 by H5921 a law H2706 ?
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21. They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the blood of the innocent.
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21. They gather themselves together H1413 against H5921 the soul H5315 of the righteous H6662 , and condemn H7561 the innocent H5355 blood H1818 .
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22. But Jehovah is my tower of defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
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22. But the LORD H3068 is H1961 my defense H4869 ; and my God H430 is the rock H6697 of my refuge H4268 .
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23. And He shall turn their own iniquity upon them; and He shall cut them off in their evil, Jehovah our God shall exterminate them!
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23. And he shall bring H7725 upon H5921 them H853 their own iniquity H205 , and shall cut them off H6789 in their own wickedness H7451 ; yea , the LORD H3068 our God H430 shall cut them off H6789 .
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