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