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The Lord Will Not Forget His People
O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, shine forth;
O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, shine forth;
The Lord Will Not Forsake His People
O Lord, God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, shine forth!
O Lord, God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, shine forth!
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.
Rise up, O judge of the earth;
repay to the proud what they deserve!
repay to the proud what they deserve!
How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked exult?
how long shall the wicked exult?
[How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence -- all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.
all the evildoers boast.
They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;
They crush your people, O Lord,
and afflict your heritage.
and afflict your heritage.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
They kill the widow and the sojourner,
and murder the fatherless;
and murder the fatherless;
And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
and they say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive.”
the God of Jacob does not perceive.”
Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
Fools, when will you be wise?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that 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?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct -- he that teacheth man knowledge?
He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who teaches man knowledge —
He who teaches man knowledge —
Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,
and whom you teach out of your law,
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
to give him rest from days of trouble,
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
For the Lord will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;
he will not abandon his heritage;
For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
for justice will return to the righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who rises up for me against the wicked?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?
If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
If the Lord had not been my help,
my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
When I thought, “My foot slips,”
your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.
When the cares of my heart are many,
your consolations cheer my soul.
your consolations cheer my soul.
Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.
But the Lord has become my stronghold,
and my God the rock of my refuge.
and my God the rock of my refuge.