Psalms 94 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, appear! O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth! The LORD is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.
2 Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give arrogant people what they deserve. Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve! Rise up, Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long, O LORD, will wicked people triumph? How long? O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?
4 They ramble. They speak arrogantly. All troublemakers brag about themselves. They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.
5 They crush your people, O LORD. They make those who belong to you suffer. They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage. They crush your people, LORD; they oppress your inheritance.
6 They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans. They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 They say, |The LORD doesn't see it. The God of Jacob doesn't even pay attention to it.| and they say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.” They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice.”
8 Pay attention, you stupid people! When will you become wise, you fools? Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise? Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
9 God created ears. Do you think he can't hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he can't see? He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see? Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?
10 He disciplines nations. Do you think he can't punish? He teaches people. Do you think he doesn't know anything? He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge— Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
11 The LORD knows that people's thoughts are pointless. the LORD—knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath. The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.
12 O LORD, blessed is the person whom you discipline and instruct from your teachings. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law, Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from your law;
13 You give him peace and quiet from times of trouble while a pit is dug to trap wicked people. to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. you grant them relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 The LORD will never desert his people or abandon those who belong to him. For the LORD will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage; For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.
15 The decisions of judges will again become fair, and everyone whose motives are decent will pursue justice. for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will stand by my side against troublemakers? Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers? Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
17 If the LORD had not come to help me, my soul would have quickly fallen silent [in death]. If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
18 When I said, |My feet are slipping,| your mercy, O LORD, continued to hold me up. When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.
19 When I worried about many things, your assuring words soothed my soul. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
20 Are wicked rulers who use the law to do unlawful things able to be your partners? Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute? Can a corrupt throne be allied with you— a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
21 They join forces to take the lives of righteous people. They condemn innocent people to death. They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 The LORD has become my stronghold. My God has become my rock of refuge. But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge. But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
23 He has turned their own wickedness against them. He will destroy them because of their sins. The LORD our God will destroy them. He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out. He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.
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