Psalms 94
1 Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
Drottinn, þú ert Guð hefndarinnar – sá Guð sem réttir hlut þeirra sem ranglæti eru beittir. Láttu dýrð þína birtast.
2 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.
Rís upp, þú dómari jarðar. Refsaðu ofstopamönnum fyrir illverk þeirra.
3 Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
Drottinn, hve lengi eiga óguðlegir að hrósa sigri?
4 They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
Þeir eru að springa af monti! Hlustaðu á grobbið í þeim!
5 Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
Drottinn, líttu á hvernig þeir kúga þjóð þína og kvelja fólkið sem þú elskar.
6 They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
Þeir myrða ekkjur og munaðarleysingja og líka útlendinga sem hér hafa sest að.
7 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].”
„Drottinn sér þetta ekki, “segja þeir, „hann lætur sér fátt um finnast.“
8 You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
Heimskingjar!
9 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]?
Haldið þið að Guð sé blindur og heyrnarlaus, hann sem skapar bæði augu og eyru!
10 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]?
Hann refsar þjóðunum – og nú er komið að ykkur. Enginn hlutur er honum hulinn. Eins og hann viti ekki hvað þið hafið gert!
11 Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
Drottinn þekkir skammsýni og hégómleika mannanna
12 Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
og því agar hann okkur til góðs.
13 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].
Það gerir hann til þess að við göngum á hans vegum og gefumst ekki upp í mótlæti.
14 Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
Drottinn afneitar ekki lýð sínum né yfirgefur þjóð sína.
15 [Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
Dómar hans eru réttlátir og fylgjendur hans fagna af hreinu hjarta.
16 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].
Hver vill vernda mig fyrir illgjörðamönnum? Hver vill vera skjöldur minn?
17 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.
Án Drottins væri ég dauðans matur.
18 I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
Ég æpti: „Drottinn, ég er að hrapa!“og af gæsku sinni frelsaði hann mig.
19 Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
Drottinn, þegar efasemdir ásækja mig og hjarta mitt er fullt af angist, þá gefðu mér frið þinn og endurnýjaðu gleði mína.
20 You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
Vilt þú vernda og viðhalda spilltri valdsstjórn sem hallar réttlætinu? Leyfir þú slíkt?
21 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.
Hefur þú þóknun á þeim sem dæma saklausa til dauða?
22 But Yahweh (has become [like] my fortress/protects me) [MET]; my God is [like a huge] rock under which I am protected/safe [MET].
Nei! Drottinn, Guð minn, er vígi mitt, kletturinn þar sem ég leita skjóls.
23 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).
Guð lætur syndir óguðlegra koma þeim sjálfum í koll. Illverk þeirra verða þeim að falli.
