Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Rise up, you 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 will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
4 They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
5 Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6 The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
7 Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
Consider, you senseless among the people; 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 who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
10 He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
11 Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your Torah,
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 is dug for the wicked.
14 For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
For the LORD won’t reject 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.
For judgment will return to righteousness. 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 evildoers?
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 would have soon lived in silence.
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, 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 wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
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 has been my high tower, 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 has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.
