| 1. O God of vengeance, O Lord; O God show vengeance. |
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| show: Heb. הופיע, show and reveal to us Your vengeance. |
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| 2. Exalt Yourself, O Judge of the earth, render to the haughty their recompense. |
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| 3. How long will the wicked, O Lord, how long will the wicked rejoice? |
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| 4. They spout forth, they speak falsely; all workers of violence boast. |
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| boast: Heb. יתאמרו. They praise themselves, as (Deut. 26: 17f.): “you praised (האמרת) ,” and “praised you (האמירך).” |
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| 5. Your people, O Lord, they crush, and Your inheritance they afflict. |
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| 6. They slay the widow and the stranger, and they murder the orphans. |
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| 7. They say, "Yah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand." |
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| 8. Understand, [you] most boorish of the people, and [you] fools, when will you gain intelligence? |
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| Understand, [you] most boorish of the people: the most foolish peoples in the world. |
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| 9. Will He Who implants the ear not hear or will He Who forms the eye not see? |
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| Will He Who implants the ear: Is it possible that the Holy One, blessed be He, Who implanted the ear, should not hear the cry of His people and their affliction? |
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| 10. Will He Who chastises nations not reprove? [He is] the One Who teaches man knowledge. |
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| will He… not reprove: and chastise you for that? |
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| 11. The Lord knows man's thoughts that they are vanity. |
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| The Lord knows: your thoughts, that you are thinking to be haughty with the crown of the kingdom, and you should know that they [your thoughts] are vanity. |
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| 12. Fortunate is the man whom You, Yah, chastise, and from Your Torah You teach him. |
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| Fortunate is the man: Fortunate are the righteous who are afflicted under Your hands, provided that they engage in Torah and mitzvoth. |
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| 13. To grant him peace from days of evil, while a pit is a dug for the wicked. |
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| To grant him peace from days of evil: For the chastisements cause him to have peace from the days of the judgment of Gehinnom. |
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| while: he sees that a pit is dug for the wicked man. |
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| 14. For the Lord will not forsake His people, nor will He desert His inheritance. |
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| 15. For until righteousness will judgment return, and after it all those upright in heart. |
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| For until righteousness will judgment return: [i. e., the judgment of] their chastisements [will persist] until they become righteous because of them. And after the judgment, all those upright in heart will gather, for they will receive their reward. |
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| 16. Who will rise up for me against evildoers; who will stand up for me against workers of violence? |
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| Who will rise up for me: Whose merit will stand up for us among these evildoers? |
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| 17. Had not the Lord been my help, in an instant my soul would rest silent. |
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| Who will rise up for me: Whose merit will stand up for us among these evildoers? |
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| 18. If I said, "My foot has slipped," Your kindness, O Lord, supported me. |
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| 19. With my many thoughts within me, Your consolations cheered me. |
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| 20. Will the throne of evil join You, which forms iniquity for a statute? |
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| Will the throne of evil join You: Will it be able to compare to You? |
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| for a statute: for the sake of a statue, to be for them as the statute of their worship. |
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| 21. They gather upon the soul of the righteous and condemn innocent blood. |
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| They gather: Troops gather upon a Jewish soul to kill [him]. |
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| and condemn: Heb. ירשיעו. They condemn in judgment to kill him. |
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| 22. But the Lord was my fortress, and my God the rock of my refuge. |
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| 23. And He returned upon them their violence, and for their evil, may He cut them off; may the Lord our God cut them off. |
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| their violence: Heb. אונם, their violence, as (Job 21: 19): “Should God lay away his violence (אונו) for his sons?” |
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