Psalms 94
1 O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render to the proud [their] desert.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
4 They prate, they speak arrogantly: all the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
7 And they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob consider.
Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall 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 that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [even] he that teacheth man knowledge?
He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest out of thy law;
How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged 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 the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand up for me against the 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 the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.
If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by statute?
Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
22 But the LORD hath been my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.
But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
23 And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God shall cut 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.
