Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
2 Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
3 Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
4 They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
6 They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
7 And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
8 Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
9 He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
10 He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
12 O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,
How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
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 misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
14 For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
15 For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
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 make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
22 And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
23 And He turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.
