Psalms 94 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 O LORD, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! 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 Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud! 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 O LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate? 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 spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast. They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.
5 O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you. They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage. They crush your people, LORD; they oppress your inheritance.
6 They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless. They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 Then they say, |The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of 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 Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand? 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 Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not 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 Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings! 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 peoples' thoughts are morally bankrupt. 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 How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law, 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 in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed. 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 Certainly the LORD does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs 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 For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated. 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 rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? 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 helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of 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 If I say, |My foot is slipping,| your loyal love, O LORD, supports me. 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 worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy. 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 Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws. 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 conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent. 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 But the LORD will protect me, and my God will shelter me. 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 will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; 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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