Psalms 94
1 God vengeance LORD God vengeance to shine
Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
2 to lift: raise to judge [the] land: country/planet to return: pay recompense upon proud
You are the one who judges all [people on] the earth; [so] arise, and give/punish the proud [leaders of our] people like they deserve.
3 till how wicked LORD till how wicked to exult
Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
4 to bubble to speak: speak arrogant to say all to work evil: wickedness
They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
5 people your LORD to crush and inheritance your to afflict
Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
6 widow and sojourner to kill and orphan to murder
They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
7 and to say not to see: see LORD and not to understand God Jacob
Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; [so] the God whom those Israelis [worship] does not see [the evil things that we do].”
8 to understand be brutish in/on/with people and fool how be prudent
You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
9 to plant ear not to hear: hear if: surely yes to form: formed eye not to look
God made our ears; so [do you think that] he cannot hear [what you say] [RHQ]? He created our eyes; so do you think that he cannot see [the evil things that you do] [RHQ]?
10 to discipline nation not to rebuke [the] to learn: teach man knowledge
He also scolds [the leaders of other] nations; so do you think that he will not punish [you] [RHQ]? He is the one who knows everything; [so why do you think that he does not know what you do] [RHQ]?
11 LORD to know plot man for they(masc.) vanity
Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
12 blessed [the] great man which to discipline him LORD and from instruction your to learn: teach him
Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
13 to/for to quiet to/for him from day bad: evil till to pierce to/for wicked pit: grave
When those people have had troubles, you cause those troubles to cease, and some day [it will be as though] you will dig pits for wicked people, and they will fall into those pits [and die].
14 for not to leave LORD people his and inheritance his not to leave: forsake
Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
15 for till righteousness to return: return justice and after him all upright heart
[Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
16 who? to arise: rise to/for me with be evil who? to stand to/for me with to work evil: wickedness
But when wicked [people] ([oppressed me/treated me cruelly]), (who defended me?/no one defended me.) [RHQ] No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people [RHQ].
17 unless LORD help to/for me like/as little to dwell silence soul my
If Yahweh had not helped me [at that time], [I would have been executed], [and] my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where [dead people] say nothing.
18 if to say to shake foot my kindness your LORD to support me
I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
19 in/on/with abundance anxiety my in/on/with entrails: inner parts my consolation your to delight soul my
Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
20 to unite you throne desire to form: plan trouble upon statute: decree
You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
21 to cut upon soul: life righteous and blood innocent be wicked
They plan to get rid of righteous [people], and they declare that (innocent people/people who have not done what is wrong) must be executed.
22 and to be LORD to/for me to/for high refuge and God my to/for rock refuge my
But Yahweh (has become [like] my fortress/protects me) [MET]; my God is [like a huge] rock under which I am protected/safe [MET].
23 and to return: return upon them [obj] evil: wickedness their and in/on/with distress: evil their to destroy them to destroy them LORD God our
He will punish those wicked leaders in return for the wicked things that they have done, and will get rid of them for the sins that they have committed; [yes], Yahweh our God will (wipe them out/destroy them completely).
