Psalms 94
1 O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
3 How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
4 They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
5 They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
9 He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
10 He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
13 to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
14 For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
15 Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
19 When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
20 Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
22 But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
23 He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.
