Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
Rise up, judge of the earth, pay back the proud what they deserve.
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.
with their blustering arrogant words, their braggart and wicked speech,
5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
crushing your people, Lord, and afflicting your heritage,
6 They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
murdering widows and strangers, slaying the fatherless?
7 And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
They think that the Lord does not see, nor the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
Take heed, you dullest of people; when will you be wise, you fools?
9 He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
Is he deaf, who shaped the ear? Is he blind, who fashioned the eye?
10 He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
Can he who trains nations not punish them he who teaches knowledge to people?
11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The Lord knows the thoughts of people, that only a breath are they.
12 O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,
Happy are those whom you chasten, and teach out of your law,
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
keeping them calm in the day of misfortune, 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 leave his people, he will not forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
For the righteous shall come to their rights, and all true-hearted people shall follow them.
16 Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against those who do evil? Who will stand up for me against workers of wrong?
17 Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
Were it not for the help of the Lord, I would soon have gone to the silent grave.
18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
When I thought that my foot was slipping, your kindness, Lord, held me up.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
When with cares my heart was crowded, your comforts make me glad.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Can corrupt justice be your ally, framing mischief by statute?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
They assail the life of the righteous, and innocent blood condemn.
22 And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
But the Lord is my sure retreat, 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!
He will bring back their sin upon them, for their wickedness he will destroy them; the Lord our God will destroy them.
