Salme 94
1 HERRE, du Hævnens Gud, du Hævnens Gud, træd frem i Glans;
Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
2 staa op, du Jordens Dommer, øv Gengæld mod de hovmodige!
You are the one who judges all [people on] the earth; [so] arise, and give/punish the proud [leaders of our] people like they deserve.
3 Hvor længe skal gudløse, HERRE, hvor længe skal gudløse juble?
Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
4 De fører tøjlesløs Tale, hver Udaadsmand ter sig som Herre;
They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
5 de underkuer, o HERRE, dit Folk og undertrykker din Arvelod;
Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
6 de myrder Enke og fremmed, faderløse slaar de ihjel;
They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
7 de siger: »HERREN kan ikke se, Jakobs Gud kan intet mærke!«
Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; [so] the God whom those Israelis [worship] does not see [the evil things that we do].”
8 Forstaa dog, I Taaber blandt Folket! Naar bliver I kloge, I Daarer?
You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
9 Skulde han, som plantede Øret, ej høre, han, som dannede Øjet, ej se?
God made our ears; so [do you think that] he cannot hear [what you say] [RHQ]? He created our eyes; so do you think that he cannot see [the evil things that you do] [RHQ]?
10 Skulde Folkenes Tugtemester ej revse, han som lærer Mennesket indsigt?
He also scolds [the leaders of other] nations; so do you think that he will not punish [you] [RHQ]? He is the one who knows everything; [so why do you think that he does not know what you do] [RHQ]?
11 HERREN kender Menneskets Tanker, thi de er kun Tomhed.
Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
12 Salig den Mand, du tugter, HERRE, og vejleder ved din Lov
Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
13 for at give ham Ro for onde Dage, indtil der graves en Grav til den gudløse;
When those people have had troubles, you cause those troubles to cease, and some day [it will be as though] you will dig pits for wicked people, and they will fall into those pits [and die].
14 thi HERREN bortstøder ikke sit Folk og svigter ikke sin Arvelod.
Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
15 Den retfærdige kommer igen til sin Ret, en Fremtid har hver oprigtig af Hjertet.
[Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
16 Hvo staar mig bi mod Ugerningsmænd? hvo hjælper mig mod Udaadsmænd?
But when wicked [people] ([oppressed me/treated me cruelly]), (who defended me?/no one defended me.) [RHQ] No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people [RHQ].
17 Var HERREN ikke min Hjælp, snart hviled min Sjæl i det stille.
If Yahweh had not helped me [at that time], [I would have been executed], [and] my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where [dead people] say nothing.
18 Naar jeg tænkte: »Nu vakler min Fod«, støtted din Naade mig, HERRE;
I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
19 da mit Hjerte var fuldt af ængstede Tanker, husvaled din Trøst min Sjæl.
Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
20 Staar du i Pagt med Fordærvelsens Domstol, der skaber Uret i Lovens Navn?
You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
21 Jager de end den retfærdiges Liv og dømmer uskyldigt Blod,
They plan to get rid of righteous [people], and they declare that (innocent people/people who have not done what is wrong) must be executed.
22 HERREN er dog mit Bjærgested, min Gud er min Tilflugtsklippe;
But Yahweh (has become [like] my fortress/protects me) [MET]; my God is [like a huge] rock under which I am protected/safe [MET].
23 han vender deres Uret imod dem selv, udsletter dem for deres Ondskab; dem udsletter HERREN vor Gud.
He will punish those wicked leaders in return for the wicked things that they have done, and will get rid of them for the sins that they have committed; [yes], Yahweh our God will (wipe them out/destroy them completely).
