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.
A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.
2 Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.
Be you exalted, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?
4 How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?
They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak [so].
5 They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.
They have afflicted your people, O Lord, and hurt your heritage.
6 They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.
They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.
7 And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”
And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
8 Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.
Understand now, you simple among the people; and you fools, at length be wise.
9 He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?
He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?
10 He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke?
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge?
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain.
The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
12 Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law.
Blessed is the man whoever you shall chasten, O Lord, and shall teach him out of your law;
13 So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners.
to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.
14 For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance,
For the Lord will not cast off 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.
until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (Pause)
16 Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell. (questioned)
If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.
18 If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
If I said, My foot has been moved;
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul.
your mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, your consolation have soothed my soul.
20 Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by an ordinance?
21 They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood.
They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn 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 was my refuge; and my God the helper of my 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 he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.
