Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
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:
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your 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.
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
Understand, you brutish among the people: and you 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 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 chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
The LORD knows 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!
Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him 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.
That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dig 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.
But judgment shall return to righteousness: 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 evildoers? or 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 almost dwelled in silence.
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?
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 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 defense; and my God is 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 shall bring on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
