| NET Bible | New International Version |
| 1O LORD, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! | 1The LORD is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth. |
| 2Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud! | 2Rise up, Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve. |
| 3O LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate? | 3How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant? |
| 4They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast. | 4They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting. |
| 5O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you. | 5They crush your people, LORD; they oppress your inheritance. |
| 6They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless. | 6They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless. |
| 7Then they say, "The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it." | 7They say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice." |
| 8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand? | 8Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise? |
| 9Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see? | 9Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see? |
| 10Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings! | 10Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge? |
| 11The LORD knows that peoples' thoughts are morally bankrupt. | 11The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile. |
| 12How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law, | 12Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from your law; |
| 13in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed. | 13you grant them relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked. |
| 14Certainly the LORD does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. | 14For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance. |
| 15For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated. | 15Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it. |
| 16Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? | 16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers? |
| 17If the LORD had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death. | 17Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. |
| 18If I say, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O LORD, supports me. | 18When I said, "My foot is slipping," your unfailing love, LORD, supported me. |
| 19When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy. | 19When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. |
| 20Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws. | 20Can a corrupt throne be allied with you-- a throne that brings on misery by its decrees? |
| 21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent. | 21The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. |
| 22But the LORD will protect me, and my God will shelter me. | 22But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge. |
| 23He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the LORD our God will destroy them. | 23He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them. |
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