Psalms 94
1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
Rise up, judge of the earth, pay back the proud what they deserve.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult,
4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
with their blustering arrogant words, their braggart and wicked speech,
5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
crushing your people, Lord, and afflicting your heritage,
6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
murdering widows and strangers, slaying the fatherless?
7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
They think that the Lord does not see, nor the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
Take heed, you dullest of people; when will you be wise, you fools?
9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
Is he deaf, who shaped the ear? Is he blind, who fashioned the eye?
10 He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
Can he who trains nations not punish them he who teaches knowledge to people?
11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
The Lord knows the thoughts of people, that only a breath are they.
12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
Happy are those whom you chasten, and teach out of your law,
13 So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
keeping them calm in the day of misfortune, till a pit be dug for the wicked.
14 The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
For the Lord will not leave his people, he will not forsake his inheritance.
15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
For the righteous shall come to their rights, and all true-hearted people shall follow them.
16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
Who will rise up for me against those who do evil? Who will stand up for me against workers of wrong?
17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
Were it not for the help of the Lord, I would soon have gone to the silent grave.
18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
When I thought that my foot was slipping, your kindness, Lord, held me up.
19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
When with cares my heart was crowded, your comforts make me glad.
20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
Can corrupt justice be your ally, framing mischief by statute?
21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
They assail the life of the righteous, and innocent blood condemn.
22 But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
But the Lord is my sure retreat, my God is the rock of my refuge.
23 And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
He will bring back their sin upon them, for their wickedness he will destroy them; the Lord our God will destroy them.
