Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
3 Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
4 They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
6 They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
8 Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
9 He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
10 He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
15 For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will 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 wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
23 And He turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
