Psalms 94
1 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
2 Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
4 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
7 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
10 He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
13 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
15 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
16 Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. (questioned)
If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
22 But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
23 And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy 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.
