A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
8 Pay attention, you dull ones among the crowds! You fools! Will you ever become wise?
8 Consider thoughtfully, you senseless (stupid ones) among the people;And you [dull-minded] fools, when will you become wise and understand?
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
10 The one who disciplines nations can rebuke them, can he not? The one who teaches mankind can discern, can he not?
10 He who instructs the nations,Does He not rebuke and punish,He who teaches man knowledge?
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
13 That You may grant him (U)relief from the (V)days of adversity,Until (W)a pit is dug for the wicked.
13 keeping him calm when times are troubled until a pit has been dug for the wicked.
13 That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
16 Who will (AA)stand up for me against evildoers?Who will take his stand for me (AB)against those who do wickedness?
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against those who practice iniquity?
16 Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness?
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
20 Can a (o)(AF)throne of destruction be allied with You,One (AG)which devises (p)mischief by decree?
20 Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?
20 Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
21 They (AH)band themselves together against the (q)life of the righteousAnd (AI)condemn (r)the innocent to death.
21 They gather together against the righteous, condemning the innocent to death.
21 They band themselves together against the life of the righteousAnd condemn the innocent to death.
23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
23 He has (AL)brought back their wickedness upon themAnd will (s)(AM)destroy them in their evil;The Lord our God will (t)destroy them.
23 He will pay them back for their sinsand destroy them for their evil.The Lord our God will destroy them.(W)
23 He will repay them for their sin; he will annihilate them because of their evil. The LORD our God will annihilate them.
23 He has turned back their own wickedness upon themAnd will destroy them by means of their own evil;The Lord our God will wipe them out.