Psalms 94
1 A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.
God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Be you exalted, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?
Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
4 They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak [so].
They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
5 They have afflicted your people, O Lord, and hurt your heritage.
Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
6 They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.
They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
7 And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
8 Understand now, you simple among the people; and you fools, at length be wise.
Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
9 He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?
He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
10 He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge?
He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whoever you shall chasten, O Lord, and shall teach him out of your law;
O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,
13 to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.
To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
15 until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (Pause)
For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
16 Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?
Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
17 If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.
Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
18 If I said, My foot has been moved;
If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
19 your mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, your consolation have soothed my soul.
In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by an ordinance?
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
21 They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
22 But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.
And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
23 And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.
And He turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
