Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
2 Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
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.
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your 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.”
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
Understand, you brutish among the people: and you 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 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 chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The LORD knows 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,
Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dig 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.
But judgment shall return to righteousness: 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 evildoers? or 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 almost dwelled in silence.
18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight 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 you, which frames mischief by a law?
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 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 defense; and my God is 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 shall bring on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
