Psalms 94
1 O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
3 How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
4 They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
5 They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
9 He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
10 He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
13 to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
15 Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
19 When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
22 But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,
23 He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
