Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
3 How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
How long, O LORD! 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 their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
5 Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
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 doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, 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 nations, shall not he punish? 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 men, That they are vanity.
12 How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a 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 forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
15 For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
For judgment shall return to 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 wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
17 If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.
19 In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
In the multitude of anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive my soul.
20 Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
21 They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
They band together against the life 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 is my fortress, 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.
He will bring upon them their own iniquity; Yea, through their own wickedness he will cut them off; Yea, the LORD, our God, will cut them off.
