Psalms 94 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 O LORD, the God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth! 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 the proud 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? How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat? 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 How long will they speak with arrogance? How long will these evil people boast? 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, LORD, hurting those you claim as your own. 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 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 “The LORD isn’t looking,” they say, “and besides, the God of Israel doesn’t care.” 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 Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on? 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 Is he deaf—the one who made your ears? Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes? 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 punishes the nations—won’t he also punish you? He knows everything—doesn’t he also know what you are doing? 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 people’s thoughts; he knows they are worthless! 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 Joyful are those you discipline, LORD, those you teach with your instructions. 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 them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to capture the wicked. 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 not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession. 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 Judgment will again be founded on justice, and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it. 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 protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against 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 Unless the LORD had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave. 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 I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O LORD, supported 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 doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. 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 Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side— leaders whose decrees permit injustice? 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 gang up against the righteous and condemn the innocent 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 But the LORD is my fortress; my God is the mighty rock where I hide. 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 God will turn the sins of evil people back on them. He will destroy them for 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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