Psalms 94
1 Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.
LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
2 Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.
Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3 How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?
LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
4 They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.
They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
5 They crush your people, Yahweh; they afflict the nation that belongs to you.
They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6 They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
7 They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
8 Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?
Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
9 He who made the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
He who implanted the ear, will not he hear? He who formed the eye, will not he see?
10 He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct? He is the one who gives knowledge to man.
He who disciplines the nations, will not he punish? He who teaches man knows.
11 Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, the one whom you teach from your law.
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
13 You give him rest in times of trouble until a pit is dug for the wicked.
that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For Yahweh will not forsake his people or abandon his inheritance.
For the LORD will not reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment will again be righteous; and all the upright in heart will follow it.
For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up to defend me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the wicked?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
17 Unless Yahweh had been my help, I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,” Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
19 When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
20 Can a throne of destruction be allied with you, one who creates injustice by statute?
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
21 They conspire together to take the life of the righteous and they condemn the innocent to death.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But Yahweh has been my high tower, and my God has been the rock of my refuge.
But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
23 He will bring on them their own iniquity and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh our God will cut them off.
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.
