SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY SATURDAY 30 SEPT. 2017

Psalms 94:1-23

1

KJV: O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

WEB: Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

BBE: O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.

2

KJV: Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

WEB: Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

BBE: Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.

3

KJV: LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

WEB: Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

BBE: How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?

4

KJV: How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

WEB: They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

BBE: Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

5

KJV: They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

WEB: They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.

BBE: Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,

6

KJV: They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

WEB: They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

BBE: They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

7

KJV: Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

WEB: They say, “Yah will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”

BBE: And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

8

KJV: Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

WEB: Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

BBE: Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

9

KJV: He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

WEB: He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?

BBE: Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

10

KJV: He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

WEB: He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.

BBE: He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?

11

KJV: The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

WEB: Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

BBE: The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

12

KJV: Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

WEB: Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law;

BBE: Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;

13

KJV: That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

WEB: that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

BBE: So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.

14

KJV: For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

WEB: For Yahweh won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

BBE: The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;

15

KJV: But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

WEB: For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

BBE: But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

16

KJV: Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

WEB: Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

BBE: Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?

17

KJV: Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

WEB: Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

BBE: If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

18

KJV: When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

WEB: When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.

BBE: If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.

19

KJV: In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

WEB: In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

BBE: Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.

20

KJV: Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

WEB: Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

BBE: What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

21

KJV: They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

WEB: They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

BBE: They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

22

KJV: But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

WEB: But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

BBE: But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.

23

KJV: 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.

WEB: He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.

BBE: And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.

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