Psalms 94
1 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.
2 Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?
4 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.
5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
They crush your people, Yahweh; they afflict the nation that belongs to you.
6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.
7 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
He who made the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct? He is the one who gives knowledge to man.
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, the one whom you teach from your law.
13 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
You give him rest in times of trouble until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
For Yahweh will not forsake his people or abandon his inheritance.
15 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
For judgment will again be righteous; and all the upright in heart will follow it.
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 to defend me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the wicked?
17 Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. (questioned)
Unless Yahweh had been my help, I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.
18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.
20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
Can a throne of destruction be allied with you, one who creates injustice by statute?
21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
They conspire together to take the life of the righteous and they condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
But Yahweh has been my high tower, and my God has been the rock of my refuge.
23 And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
He will bring on them their own iniquity and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh our God will cut them off.
