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