Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
3 How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
4 They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
5 Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
6 The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
7 Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
9 He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
10 He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
11 Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
He 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!
O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, 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.
To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
15 For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
16 Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
17 If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
19 In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
In the abundance 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?
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
21 They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
22 But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—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 turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
