Psalms 94
1 Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.
O Yhwh God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
2 Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?
Yhwh, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and 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 Yhwh, and afflict thine heritage.
6 They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7 They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
Yet they say, Yah shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?
Understand, 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 heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.
Yhwh 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 Yah, and teachest him 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 Yhwh 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.
But 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 evildoers? or 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 Yhwh had been my help, my soul had almost 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 mercy, O Yhwh, 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 iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
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 Yhwh is my defence; and my God is 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 shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, Yhwh our God shall cut them off.
