5TESTIMONIES YOUR THEY ARE RELIABLE EXCEEDINGLY TO HOUSE YOUR IT IS BEFITTING HOLINESS O YAHWEH FOR LENGTH OF DAYS 5Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
1O GOD OF VENGEANCE<S> O YAHWEH O GOD OF VENGEANCE<S> SHINE FORTH The LORD Will Not Forget His People 1O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2RAISE YOURSELF UP O JUDGE OF THE EARTH REPAY RECOMPENSE TO PROUD [PEOPLE] 2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
3UNTIL WHEN? WICKED [PEOPLE] O YAHWEH UNTIL WHEN? WICKED [PEOPLE] WILL THEY EXULT 3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
4THEY POUR FORTH THEY SPEAK ARROGANCE THEY BOAST ALL [THOSE WHO] DO <OF> WICKEDNESS 4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
5PEOPLE YOUR O YAHWEH THEY CRUSH AND INHERITANCE YOUR THEY AFFLICT 5They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
6[THE] WIDOW AND [THE] SOJOURNER THEY KILL AND FATHERLESS ONES THEY MURDER 6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7AND THEY SAID NOT HE WILL SEE YAHWEH AND NOT HE WILL PERCEIVE [THE] GOD OF JACOB 7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
8UNDERSTAND O STUPID [ONES] AMONG THE PEOPLE AND O FOOLS WHEN? WILL YOU HAVE INSIGHT 8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
9¿ [THE] PLANTER OF [THE] EAR ¿ NOT DOES HE HEAR OR? [THE] FORMER OF [THE] EYE ¿ NOT DOES HE SEE 9He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
10¿ [THE] DISCIPLINER OF NATIONS ¿ NOT DOES HE REBUKE THE [ONE WHO] TEACHES HUMANKIND KNOWLEDGE 10He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
11YAHWEH [IS] KNOWING [THE] THOUGHTS OF A PERSON THAT THEY [ARE] A BREATH 11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.*NoteCloseCited in 1 Corinthians 3:20
12HOW BLESSED! [IS] THE MAN WHOM YOU DISCIPLINE HIM O YAHWEH AND FROM LAW YOUR YOU TEACH HIM 12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
13TO GIVE QUIET TO HIM FROM DAYS OF TROUBLE UNTIL IT WILL BE DUG FOR THE WICKED A PIT 13to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14FOR NOT HE WILL ABANDON YAHWEH PEOPLE HIS AND INHERITANCE HIS NOT HE WILL FORSAKE 14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
15FOR TO RIGHTEOUSNESS IT WILL RETURN JUDGMENT AND [WILL BE] AFTER IT ALL [PEOPLE] UPRIGHT OF HEART 15Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16WHO? WILL HE RISE UP FOR ME WITH EVIL-DOERS WHO? WILL HE TAKE HIS STAND FOR ME WITH [THOSE WHO] DO <OF> WICKEDNESS 16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
17IF NOT YAHWEH [HAD BEEN] <TO> A HELP OF ME LIKE A LITTLE IT DWELT SILENCE SELF MY 17Unless the LORD had been my helper I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18IF I SAID IT HAS SLIPPED FOOT MY COVENANT LOYALTY YOUR O YAHWEH IT SUPPORTED ME 18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
19IN [THE] MULTITUDE OF DISQUIETING THOUGHTS MY IN INNER BEING MY CONSOLATIONS YOUR THEY DELIGHTED SELF MY 19When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
20¿ WILL IT BE JOINED TO YOU A THRONE OF DESTRUCTION<S> [WHICH] FASHIONS MISCHIEF ON A DECREE 20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
21THEY BAND TOGETHER ON [THE] LIFE OF [THE] RIGHTEOUS AND BLOOD INNOCENT THEY CONDEMN AS GUILTY 21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.*NoteCloseOr condemn innocent blood
22AND HE HAS BECOME YAHWEH OF ME <INTO> A REFUGE AND GOD MY <INTO> [THE] ROCK OF SHELTER MY 22But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
23AND HE BROUGHT BACK ON THEM <OBJ.> WICKEDNESS THEIR AND IN EVIL THEIR HE WILL DESTROY THEM HE WILL DESTROY THEM YAHWEH GOD OUR 23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.