Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
3 How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
4 They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
5 Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
6 The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
9 He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
10 He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
11 Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
15 For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
19 In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
20 Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
21 They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
23 Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
