Psalms 94
1 A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver.
O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.
2 Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.
Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?
They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
5 They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.
They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
6 They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.
They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
7 And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.
8 Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.
Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
9 He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?
Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke?
Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain.
The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
12 Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law.
Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
13 So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners.
That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance,
Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart.
For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after it.
16 Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?
17 Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell. (questioned)
If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
18 If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.
20 Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment?
Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
21 They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood.
They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
22 And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope.
But the Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rocke of mine hope.
23 And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.
And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.
