Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
3 How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
5 Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
6 The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
7 Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
9 He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?
11 Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
12 How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.
14 For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after 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 vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?
17 If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
19 In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.
20 Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
21 They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
22 But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
But the Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rocke of mine hope.
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 hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.
