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Psalms 94

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  1. 1
    WEBYahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
    KJVO LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
  2. 2
    WEBRise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
    KJVLift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
  3. 3
    WEBYahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
    KJVLORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
  4. 4
    WEBThey pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
    KJVHow long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
  5. 5
    WEBThey break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.
    KJVThey break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
  6. 6
    WEBThey kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
    KJVThey slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
  7. 7
    WEBThey say, “Yah will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
    KJVYet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
  8. 8
    WEBConsider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
    KJVUnderstand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
  9. 9
    WEBHe who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
    KJVHe that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
  10. 10
    WEBHe who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
    KJVHe that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
  11. 11
    WEBYahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
    KJVThe LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
  12. 12
    WEBBlessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law,
    KJVBlessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
  13. 13
    WEBthat you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
    KJVThat thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
  14. 14
    WEBFor Yahweh won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
    KJVFor the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
  15. 15
    WEBFor judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
    KJVBut judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
  16. 16
    WEBWho will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
    KJVWho will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
  17. 17
    WEBUnless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
    KJVUnless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
  18. 18
    WEBWhen I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.
    KJVWhen I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
  19. 19
    WEBIn the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
    KJVIn the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
  20. 20
    WEBShall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
    KJVShall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
  21. 21
    WEBThey gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
    KJVThey gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
  22. 22
    WEBBut Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
    KJVBut the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
  23. 23
    WEBHe has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.
    KJVAnd he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
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