Psalms 94
1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not 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 who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
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.
To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
14 The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
22 But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — 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.
And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
