Psalms 94
1 O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
2 Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense.
Rise up, you 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 will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
4 They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
5 They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.
They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they say: 'The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'
They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye understand?
Consider, you senseless amongst the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see?
He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
10 He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge?
He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law;
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, 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.
that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance.
For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For right shall return unto justice, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
For judgement will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
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 the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
18 If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.
When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
19 When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute?
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the LORD hath been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, 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 has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.
