Psalms 94
1 O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.
God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
3 Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
4 They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
5 They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
6 They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.
And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
8 Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
9 Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
10 Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?
He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
12 Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,
13 That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.
To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
15 For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after it.
For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
16 Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?
Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
17 If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
18 When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.
In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
20 Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
22 But the Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rocke of mine hope.
And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
23 And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.
And He turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
