Psalms 94
1 O God, of vengeance, Lord! O God of vengeance, shine forth.
O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.
3 How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?
Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves.
They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
5 Thy people, O Lord! they crush, and thy heritage they afflict.
They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thy heritage.
6 The widow and the stranger they slay, and the fatherless they murder.
They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, The Lord will not see, and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it.
And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent!
Consider, ye brutish among the people, and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He that hath planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that hath formed the eye, shall he not see?
He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that admonisheth nations, shall he not correct? is it not he that teacheth man knowledge!
He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought.
Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law:
Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O Jehovah, and teach out of thy law,
13 That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil, until the pot be dug for the wicked.
that thou may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for a wicked man.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, and his inheritance will he not forsake.
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For unto righteousness will justice return; and it shall be followed by all the upright in heart.
For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against evil-doers? or who will stand forward for me against the workers of wickedness?
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been a help unto me, but a little would have been wanting that my soul had dwelt in the silence of death.
Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my [painful] thoughts within me, thy consolations delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law?
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?
21 They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood do they condemn.
They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.
22 But the Lord is become my defence, and my God, the rock of my refuge.
But Jehovah has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 And he will bring back upon them their own injustice, and in their own wickedness will he destroy them: [yea], he will destroy them—the Lord our God.
And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Jehovah our God will cut them off.
