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Psalms 94:2

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

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הִ֭נָּשֵׂאhinaselift upנָשָׂאverb, niphal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “lift up”, a commandH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…שֹׁפֵ֣טshofetjudgeשָׁפַטverb, qal, participle, construct — “judge”, a verb used as a describing wordH8199to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)[phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.הָשֵׁ֥בhashevagainשׁוּבverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “again”, a commandH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…גְּ֝מ֗וּלgemulbenefitגְּמוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “benefit”, the ordinary formH1576treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital[phrase] as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, that which he hath given, recompense, reward.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…גֵּאִֽיםgeimproudגֵּאֶהadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “proud”, the ordinary formH1343lofty; figuratively, arrogantproud.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud their desert.

Young’s Literal Translation

Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὑψώθητι ὁ κρίνων τὴν γῆν, ἀπόδος ἀνταπόδοσιν τοῖς ὑπερηφάνοις.