Psalms 94
1 O God, of vengeance, Lord! O God of vengeance, shine forth.
God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud.
Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
3 How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?
Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
4 They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves.
They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
5 Thy people, O Lord! they crush, and thy heritage they afflict.
Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
6 The widow and the stranger they slay, and the fatherless they murder.
They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
7 And they say, The Lord will not see, and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it.
And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent!
Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
9 He that hath planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that hath formed the eye, shall he not see?
He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
10 He that admonisheth nations, shall he not correct? is it not he that teacheth man knowledge!
He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought.
He 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:
O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,
13 That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil, until the pot be dug for the wicked.
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, and his inheritance will he not forsake.
For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
15 For unto righteousness will justice return; and it shall be followed by all the upright in heart.
For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
16 Who will rise up for me against evil-doers? or who will stand forward for me against the workers of wickedness?
Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with 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 YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
18 When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
19 In the multitude of my [painful] thoughts within me, thy consolations delight my soul.
In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
20 Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law?
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
21 They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood do they condemn.
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
22 But the Lord is become my defence, and my God, the rock of my refuge.
And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—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 turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
