Psalms 94
1 The Lord is a God of vengeance! God of vengeance, shine out!
God vengeance LORD God vengeance to shine
2 Stand up, judge of the earth, and pay back those who are proud what they deserve.
to lift: raise to judge [the] land: country/planet to return: pay recompense upon proud
3 How long, Lord? How long will the wicked celebrate in triumph?
till how wicked LORD till how wicked to exult
4 How long will you let them pour out their arrogant words? How long will these evil people go on boasting?
to bubble to speak: speak arrogant to say all to work evil: wickedness
5 Lord, they crush your people; they oppress those you call your own.
people your LORD to crush and inheritance your to afflict
6 They kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.
widow and sojourner to kill and orphan to murder
7 They say, “The Lord can't see what we're doing. Israel's God doesn't pay any attention to us.”
and to say not to see: see LORD and not to understand God Jacob
8 Take another look, you stupid people! Fools—when will you ever get the point?
to understand be brutish in/on/with people and fool how be prudent
9 Do you think the creator of the ear can't hear? Do you think the maker of the eye can't see?
to plant ear not to hear: hear if: surely yes to form: formed eye not to look
10 Do you think that the one who punishes nations won't punish you too? Do you think that the one who teaches human beings knowledge doesn't know anything?
to discipline nation not to rebuke [the] to learn: teach man knowledge
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of human beings—he knows they are pointless.
LORD to know plot man for they(masc.) vanity
12 Those you discipline are happy, Lord; those you teach from your Law.
blessed [the] great man which to discipline him LORD and from instruction your to learn: teach him
13 You give them peace in days of trouble, until a pit is dug to trap the wicked.
to/for to quiet to/for him from day bad: evil till to pierce to/for wicked pit: grave
14 For the Lord will not give up on his people; he will not abandon his own.
for not to leave LORD people his and inheritance his not to leave: forsake
15 Justice will once again be based on what is right; those who are sincere will support it.
for till righteousness to return: return justice and after him all upright heart
16 Who came to my defense against the wicked; who stood up for me against those who do evil?
who? to arise: rise to/for me with be evil who? to stand to/for me with to work evil: wickedness
17 If the Lord hadn't helped me, I would have soon gone down into the silence of the grave.
unless LORD help to/for me like/as little to dwell silence soul my
18 I shouted out, “My foot's slipping!” and your trustworthy love, Lord, kept me from falling.
if to say to shake foot my kindness your LORD to support me
19 When my mind was full of worries, you comforted me and encouraged me.
in/on/with abundance anxiety my in/on/with entrails: inner parts my consolation your to delight soul my
20 Can unjust judges really be on your side, Lord, when their corrupt use of the law causes misery?
to unite you throne desire to form: plan trouble upon statute: decree
21 They work together to destroy good people; they condemn those who are innocent to death.
to cut upon soul: life righteous and blood innocent be wicked
22 But the Lord protects me like a fortress; my God is the rock that keeps me safe.
and to be LORD to/for me to/for high refuge and God my to/for rock refuge my
23 He will turn the wickedness of evil people back upon them; he will destroy them because of their sins; the Lord our God will destroy them.
and to return: return upon them [obj] evil: wickedness their and in/on/with distress: evil their to destroy them to destroy them LORD God our
