Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
| אֵל־נְקָמוֹת יְהוָה אֵל נְקָמוֹת הוֹפִֽיעַ׃ |
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
| הִנָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵט הָאָרֶץ הָשֵׁב גְּמוּל עַל־גֵּאִֽים׃ |
3 How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
| עַד־מָתַי רְשָׁעִים ׀ יְהוָה עַד־מָתַי רְשָׁעִים יַעֲלֹֽזוּ׃ |
4 They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
| יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק יִֽתְאַמְּרוּ כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ |
5 Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
| עַמְּךָ יְהוָה יְדַכְּאוּ וְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ יְעַנּֽוּ׃ |
6 The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
| אַלְמָנָה וְגֵר יַהֲרֹגוּ וִֽיתוֹמִים יְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃ |
7 Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
| וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹא יִרְאֶה־יָּהּ וְלֹא־יָבִין אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹֽב׃ |
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
| בִּינוּ בֹּעֲרִים בָּעָם וּכְסִילִים מָתַי תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃ |
9 He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
| הֲנֹטַֽע אֹזֶן הֲלֹא יִשְׁמָע אִֽם־יֹצֵֽר עַיִן הֲלֹא יַבִּֽיט׃ |
10 He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
| הֲיֹסֵר גּוֹיִם הֲלֹא יוֹכִיחַ הַֽמְלַמֵּד אָדָם דָּֽעַת׃ |
11 Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
| יְֽהוָה יֹדֵעַ מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָדָם כִּי־הֵמָּה הָֽבֶל׃ |
12 How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
| אַשְׁרֵי ׀ הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר־תְּיַסְּרֶנּוּ יָּהּ וּֽמִתּוֹרָתְךָ תְלַמְּדֶֽנּוּ׃ |
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
| לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֹ מִימֵי רָע עַד יִכָּרֶה לָרָשָׁע שָֽׁחַת׃ |
14 For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
| כִּי ׀ לֹא־יִטֹּשׁ יְהוָה עַמּוֹ וְנַחֲלָתוֹ לֹא יַעֲזֹֽב׃ |
15 For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
| כִּֽי־עַד־צֶדֶק יָשׁוּב מִשְׁפָּט וְאַחֲרָיו כָּל־יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃ |
16 Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
| מִֽי־יָקוּם לִי עִם־מְרֵעִים מִֽי־יִתְיַצֵּב לִי עִם־פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ |
17 If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
| לוּלֵי יְהוָה עֶזְרָתָה לִּי כִּמְעַט ׀ שָֽׁכְנָה דוּמָה נַפְשִֽׁי׃ |
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
| אִם־אָמַרְתִּי מָטָה רַגְלִי חַסְדְּךָ יְהוָה יִסְעָדֵֽנִי׃ |
19 In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
| בְּרֹב שַׂרְעַפַּי בְּקִרְבִּי תַּנְחוּמֶיךָ יְֽשַׁעַשְׁעוּ נַפְשִֽׁי׃ |
20 Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
| הַֽיְחָבְרְךָ כִּסֵּא הַוּוֹת יֹצֵר עָמָל עֲלֵי־חֹֽק׃ |
21 They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
| יָגוֹדּוּ עַל־נֶפֶשׁ צַדִּיק וְדָם נָקִי יַרְשִֽׁיעוּ׃ |
22 But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
| וַיְהִי יְהוָה לִי לְמִשְׂגָּב וֵאלֹהַי לְצוּר מַחְסִֽי׃ |
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.
| וַיָּשֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶם ׀ אֶת־אוֹנָם וּבְרָעָתָם יַצְמִיתֵם יַצְמִיתֵם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ |
