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