< Psalms 94 >

1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.
Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
4 They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thy heritage.
Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
6 They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
9 He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?
He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
10 He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?
He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
11 Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O Jehovah, and teach out of thy law,
O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And 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 rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.
For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
15 For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.
Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
18 When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
22 But Jehovah has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
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 turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!

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