Psalms 94
1 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
4 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
7 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
10 He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
13 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
15 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
16 Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. (questioned)
Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
22 But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — 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.
And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
