Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
3 How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
4 They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
5 Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
6 The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
7 Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, 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?
Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
10 He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
11 Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
12 How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
14 For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
15 For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
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 give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
17 If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
19 In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
20 Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
21 They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
22 But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
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.
And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
