Psalms 94
1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.
3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?
4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.
5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.
They crush your people, Yahweh; they afflict the nation that belongs to you.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.
7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He who made the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct? He is the one who gives knowledge to man.
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, the one whom you teach from your law.
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
You give him rest in times of trouble until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For Yahweh will not forsake his people or abandon his inheritance.
15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
For judgment will again be righteous; and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up to defend me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the wicked?
17 Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
Unless Yahweh had been my help, I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Can a throne of destruction be allied with you, one who creates injustice by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
They conspire together to take the life of the righteous and they condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
But Yahweh has been my high tower, and my God has been the rock of my refuge.
23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
He will bring on them their own iniquity and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh our God will cut them off.
