Psalms 94
1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
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?
He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
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.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
14 The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
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 the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
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 mercy, O Lord, is my support.
If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
22 But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of 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.
Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.
