Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
2 Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
Lift up thyself, 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 glory?
4 They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
6 They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
7 And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
And they have 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, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
9 He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
10 He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The Lord knoweth 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 whom thou shalt instruct, 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.
That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
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 own inheritance.
15 For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
16 Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with 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, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. (questioned)
18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will 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 is my refuge: and my God the help 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 render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
