Psalms 94
1 Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.
O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
2 Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert.
3 How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?
Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.
They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
5 They crush your people, Yahweh; they afflict the nation that belongs to you.
They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.
6 They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.
They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
7 They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
8 Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?
Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He who made the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct? He is the one who gives knowledge to man.
He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [Even] he that teacheth man knowledge?
11 Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.
Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, the one whom you teach from your law.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
13 You give him rest in times of trouble until a pit is dug for the wicked.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For Yahweh will not forsake his people or abandon his inheritance.
For Jehovah will not cast off 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 shall return unto righteousness; And 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 evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless Yahweh had been my help, I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.
Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,” Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy 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 thee, Which frameth 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 Jehovah hath been my high tower, And 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.
And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.
