< Psalms 94 >
1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.
Rise up, judge of the earth, pay back the proud what they deserve.
3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult,
4 They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
with their blustering arrogant words, their braggart and wicked speech,
5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thy heritage.
crushing your people, Lord, and afflicting your heritage,
6 They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
murdering widows and strangers, slaying the fatherless?
7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
They think that the Lord does not see, nor the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Take heed, you dullest of people; when will you be wise, you fools?
9 He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?
Is he deaf, who shaped the ear? Is he blind, who fashioned the eye?
10 He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?
Can he who trains nations not punish them he who teaches knowledge to people?
11 Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
The Lord knows the thoughts of people, that only a breath are they.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O Jehovah, and teach out of thy law,
Happy are those whom you chasten, and teach 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.
keeping them calm in the day of misfortune, till a pit be dug for the wicked.
14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.
For the Lord will not leave his people, he will not forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
For the righteous shall come to their rights, and all true-hearted people shall follow them.
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 those who do evil? Who will stand up for me against workers of wrong?
17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.
Were it not for the help of the Lord, I would soon have gone to the silent grave.
18 When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
When I thought that my foot was slipping, your kindness, Lord, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
When with cares my heart was crowded, your comforts make me glad.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?
Can corrupt justice be your ally, framing mischief by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.
They assail the life of the righteous, and innocent blood condemn.
22 But Jehovah has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
But the Lord is my sure retreat, my God is 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 will bring back their sin upon them, for their wickedness he will destroy them; the Lord our God will destroy them.