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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;
O LORD, the God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!
O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.
Arise, O Judge of the earth.
Give the proud what they deserve.
Give the proud what they deserve.
How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long, O LORD?
How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
[How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence -- all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
How long will they speak with arrogance?
How long will these evil people boast?
How long will these evil people boast?
They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;
They crush your people, LORD,
hurting those you claim as your own.
hurting those you claim as your own.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
They kill widows and foreigners
and murder orphans.
and murder orphans.
And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Think again, you fools!
When will you finally catch on?
When will you finally catch on?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Is he deaf — the one who made your ears?
Is he blind — the one who formed your eyes?
Is he blind — the one who formed your eyes?
He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct -- he that teacheth man knowledge?
He punishes the nations — won’t he also punish you?
He knows everything — doesn’t he also know what you are doing?
He knows everything — doesn’t he also know what you are doing?
Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
The LORD knows people’s thoughts;
he knows they are worthless!
he knows they are worthless!
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
Joyful are those you discipline, LORD,
those you teach with your instructions.
those you teach with your instructions.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
You give them relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.
until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
The LORD will not reject his people;
he will not abandon his special possession.
he will not abandon his special possession.
For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Judgment will again be founded on justice,
and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.
and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will protect me from the wicked?
Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
Unless the LORD had helped me,
I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.
I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.
When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
I cried out, “I am slipping!”
but your unfailing love, O LORD, supported me.
but your unfailing love, O LORD, supported me.
In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.
When doubts filled my mind,
your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.
your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.
Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side —
leaders whose decrees permit injustice?
leaders whose decrees permit injustice?
They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
They gang up against the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
and condemn the innocent to death.
But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.
But the LORD is my fortress;
my God is the mighty rock where I hide.
my God is the mighty rock where I hide.