8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance,

a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.

8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance,

a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

8 For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance,

And the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

8 For it is the day of the Lord’s revenge,

the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel.

8 For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance,

The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

8 The Lord has chosen a time for punishment.

He has chosen a year when people must pay for the wrongs they did to Jerusalem.

8 For it is the day of Jehovah’s vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.

8 The Lord will have a day of vengeance, 

a year of revenge in defense of Zion. 

8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance,

a time of paying back Edom

for its hostility against Zion.

8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance,

a year of vindication by Zion’s cause.

8 For Yahweh has a day of vengeance,

a year of retribution for the strife of Zion.

8 That’s because the Lord has set aside a day to pay Edom back.

He has set aside a year to pay them back for what they did to the city of Zion.

8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance,

A year of recompense for the cause of Zion.