Psalms 94
1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
Adonai, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.
Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Adonai, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
4 They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
They pour out arrogant words. All those who practice vain striving of iniquity boast.
5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thy heritage.
They break your people in pieces, Adonai, and afflict your heritage.
6 They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
They say, “Yah will not see, neither will Jacob [Supplanter]’s God consider.”
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
9 He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?
He who implanted the ear, won’t he sh'ma ·hear obey·? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
10 He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?
He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
11 Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Adonai knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O Jehovah, and teach out of thy law,
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your Torah ·Teaching·;
13 that thou may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for a wicked man.
that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.
For Adonai won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
For judgment will teshuvah ·completely return· to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
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 wicked? Who will stand up for me against those who practice vain striving of iniquity?
17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.
Unless Adonai had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
18 When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your chesed ·loving-kindness·, Adonai, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude 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?
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the upright, and condemn as guilty the innocent blood.
22 But Jehovah has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
But Adonai has been my high tower, my God, the rock of 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.
He has brought on them their own vain striving of iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Adonai, our God, will cut them off.
