Psalms 94
1 O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense.
Rise up, judge of the earth, pay back the proud what they deserve.
3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult,
4 They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
with their blustering arrogant words, their braggart and wicked speech,
5 They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.
crushing your people, Lord, and afflicting your heritage,
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
murdering widows and strangers, slaying the fatherless?
7 And they say: 'The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'
They think that the Lord does not see, nor the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye understand?
Take heed, you dullest of people; when will you be wise, you fools?
9 He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see?
Is he deaf, who shaped the ear? Is he blind, who fashioned the eye?
10 He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge?
Can he who trains nations not punish them he who teaches knowledge to people?
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
The Lord knows the thoughts of people, that only a breath are they.
12 Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law;
Happy are those whom you chasten, and teach out of your law,
13 That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
keeping them calm in the day of misfortune, till a pit be dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance.
For the Lord will not leave his people, he will not forsake his inheritance.
15 For right shall return unto justice, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
For the righteous shall come to their rights, and all true-hearted people shall follow them.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against those who do evil? Who will stand up for me against workers of wrong?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.
Were it not for the help of the Lord, I would soon have gone to the silent grave.
18 If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.
When I thought that my foot was slipping, your kindness, Lord, held me up.
19 When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
When with cares my heart was crowded, your comforts make me glad.
20 Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute?
Can corrupt justice be your ally, framing mischief by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
They assail the life of the righteous, and innocent blood condemn.
22 But the LORD hath been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
But the Lord is my sure retreat, my God is the rock of my refuge.
23 And He hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God will cut them off.
He will bring back their sin upon them, for their wickedness he will destroy them; the Lord our God will destroy them.
