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Psalms 93
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.
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O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
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Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?
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How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak [so].
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They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage.
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They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.
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They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
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They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Understand now, ye simple among the people; and ye fools, at length be wise.
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Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?
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He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge?
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He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
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The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile (note: Cited in 1 Corinthians 3:20).
Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, and shalt teach him out of thy law;
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Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.
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to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
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For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Pause.
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Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?
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Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.
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Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
If I said, My foot has been moved;
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If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, thy consolations have soothed my soul.
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When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by an ordinance?
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Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
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They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death (note: Or condemn innocent blood).
But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.
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But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.
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He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.