XCIV. Book IV. Jehovah Implored to Avenge His People. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

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The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book IV

XCIV

Jehovah Implored to Avenge His People


[1]	O JEHOVAH, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
[2]	Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud their desert.
[3]	Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
[4]	They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
[5]	They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.
[6]	They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
[7]	And they say, Jehovah 1 will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
[8]	Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
[9]	He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
[10]	He that chastiseth 2 the nations, shall not he correct, Even he that teacheth man knowledge?
[11]	Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That 3 they are vanity. 4
[12]	Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, 5 And teachest out of thy law;
[13]	That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
[14]	For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
[15]	For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
[16]	Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
[17]	Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
[18]	When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
[19]	In the multitude of my thoughts 6 within me Thy comforts delight my soul.
[20]	Shall the throne 7 of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
[21]	They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
[22]	But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.
[23]	And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.

Note 1. Heb. Jah. [back]

Note 2. Or, instructeth. [back]

Note 3. Or, For. [back]

Note 4. Heb. a breath. [back]

Note 5. Heb. Jah. [back]

Note 6. Or, doubts. [back]

Note 7. Or, seat. [back]

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