Psalms 94
1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.
Be you exalted, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?
4 They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak [so].
5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thy heritage.
They have afflicted your people, O Lord, and hurt your heritage.
6 They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.
7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Understand now, you simple amongst the people; and you fools, at length be wise.
9 He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?
He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?
10 He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge?
11 Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O Jehovah, and teach out of thy law,
Blessed is the man whoever you shall chasten, O Lord, and shall teach him out of your law;
13 that thou may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for a wicked man.
to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.
14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
15 For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
until righteousness return to judgement, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (Pause)
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.
If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.
18 When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
If I said, My foot has been moved;
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
your mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, your consolation have soothed my soul.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by an ordinance?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.
They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22 But Jehovah has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.
23 And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Jehovah our God will cut them off.
And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.
