Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, 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 their recompense.
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 exult?
4 They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.
6 They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
And they say: 'The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'
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 understand?
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? 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.
He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge?
11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The LORD knoweth 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,
Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law;
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged 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 inheritance.
15 For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
For right shall return unto justice, 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 evil-doers? 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 the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.
18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth 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 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 hath 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 hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God will cut them off.
