Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.
2 Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
3 Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
Lord 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 and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
6 They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
7 And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.
8 Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
9 He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that 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.
Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?
11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
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 chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.
14 For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after it.
16 Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?
17 Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the 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 is the rocke of mine hope.
23 And He turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.
