Psalms 94
1 O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.
O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
2 Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
3 Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
4 They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
5 They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
6 They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.
Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
8 Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
9 Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
10 Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?
He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
12 Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
13 That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged 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 Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
15 For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after it.
For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
16 Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?
Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
17 If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
18 When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.
In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
20 Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the 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 is the rocke of mine hope.
But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
23 And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall 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.
