| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. | 1O LORD, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! |
| 2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. | 2Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud! |
| 3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? | 3O LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate? |
| 4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? | 4They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast. |
| 5They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. | 5O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you. |
| 6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. | 6They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless. |
| 7Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. | 7Then they say, "The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it." |
| 8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? | 8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand? |
| 9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? | 9Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see? |
| 10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? | 10Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings! |
| 11The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. | 11The LORD knows that peoples' thoughts are morally bankrupt. |
| 12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; | 12How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law, |
| 13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. | 13in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed. |
| 14For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. | 14Certainly the LORD does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. |
| 15But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. | 15For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated. |
| 16Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? | 16Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? |
| 17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. | 17If the LORD had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death. |
| 18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. | 18If I say, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O LORD, supports me. |
| 19In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. | 19When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy. |
| 20Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? | 20Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws. |
| 21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. | 21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent. |
| 22But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. | 22But the LORD will protect me, and my God will shelter me. |
| 23And 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. | 23He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the LORD our God will destroy them. |
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