Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Lift up thyself, thou 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 thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine 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, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, 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?
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 chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
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!
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him 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 adversity, 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.
But judgment shall return unto 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 dwelt in silence.
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy 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 thy 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 thee, which frameth 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 defence; 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 upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
