Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.
2 Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.
3 Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?
4 They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.
5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
They crush your people, Yahweh; they afflict the nation that belongs to you.
6 They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
8 Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?
9 He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
He who made the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct? He is the one who gives knowledge to man.
11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.
12 O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,
Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, the one whom you teach from your law.
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
You give him rest in times of trouble until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
For Yahweh will not forsake his people or abandon his inheritance.
15 For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
For judgment will again be righteous; and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up to defend me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the wicked?
17 Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
Unless Yahweh had been my help, I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.
18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Can a throne of destruction be allied with you, one who creates injustice by statute?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
They conspire together to take the life of the righteous and they condemn the innocent to death.
22 And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
But Yahweh has been my high tower, and my God has been 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 on them their own iniquity and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh our God will cut them off.
