Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
2 Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.
3 Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thy heritage.
6 They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
8 Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
Consider, ye brutish among the people, and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?
11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,
Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O Jehovah, and teach out of thy law,
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is 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 YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.
18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.
22 And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
But Jehovah has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 And He turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
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.
