Psalms 94 Parallel Bible Translations

Psalms 94 ▼
swipe to see more →
SLT
Smith's Literal Translation
ESV
English Standard Version
NIV
New International Version
+Add
1 O God of vengeance, O Jehovah God of vengeance, 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 Be thou lifted up judging the earth: turn back retribution upon 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 How long shall the unjust, O Jehovah, how long shall the unjust exult? 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 will utter, they will speak impudently; all they working iniquity will boast 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 will break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and they will afflict thine inheritance. They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage. They crush your people, LORD; they oppress your inheritance.
6 The widow and the stranger they will slay, and they will kill the orphan. They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 And they will say Jah will not see, and the God of Jacob will not understand. 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 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye foolish, when will ye 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 He planting the ear, shall he not hear? if he formed the eye, shall he 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 He chastising the nations, shall he not do justice? he teaching man knowledge. 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 Jehovah knew the thoughts of man that they are vanity. 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 Happy the man whom thou shalt chastise, O Jah: and thou wilt teach him from thy laws. 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 To give rest to him from the days of evil, till the pit shall be dug for the unjust. 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 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, and he will not forsake his inheritance. 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 judgment shall turn back even to justice: and after it all the upright of heart. 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 shall rise up for me against those doing evil? who shall stand for me against those working iniquity? 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 Jehovah helped for me my soul almost dwelt silently. 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 said, My foot wavered; thy mercy, O Jehovah, upheld 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 In the multitude of my thoughts in my midst thy consolations will delight 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 Shall the throne of mischief be joined together with thee forming labor upon the law? 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 shall break in upon the soul of the just one, and they shall condemn innocent blood. 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 And Jehovah shall be for a height to me, and my God for the rock of my 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 And he will turn back upon them their iniquity, and in their evil he will cut them off; Jehovah our God will cut them off. 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.
Previous chapter
Top of Page
Top of Page