Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Rise up, judge of the earth, pay back the proud what they deserve.
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:
with their blustering arrogant words, their braggart and wicked speech,
5 Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
crushing your people, Lord, and afflicting your heritage,
6 The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
murdering widows and strangers, slaying the fatherless?
7 Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
They think that the Lord does not see, nor the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
Take heed, you dullest of people; when will you be wise, you fools?
9 He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
Is he deaf, who shaped the ear? Is he blind, who fashioned the eye?
10 He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
Can he who trains nations not punish them he who teaches knowledge to people?
11 Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
The Lord knows the thoughts of people, that only a breath are they.
12 How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
Happy are those whom you chasten, and teach 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.
keeping them calm in the day of misfortune, till a pit be dug for the wicked.
14 For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
For the Lord will not leave his people, he will not forsake his inheritance.
15 For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
For the righteous shall come to their rights, and all true-hearted people shall follow them.
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 those who do evil? Who will stand up for me against workers of wrong?
17 If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
Were it not for the help of the Lord, I would soon have gone to the silent grave.
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
When I thought that my foot was slipping, your kindness, Lord, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
When with cares my heart was crowded, your comforts make me glad.
20 Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
Can corrupt justice be your ally, framing mischief by statute?
21 They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
They assail the life of the righteous, and innocent blood condemn.
22 But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
But the Lord is my sure retreat, 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.
He will bring back their sin upon them, for their wickedness he will destroy them; the Lord our God will destroy them.
