Psalms 94
1 LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, shine forth;
2 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.
3 LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
[How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence — all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;
6 They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
7 They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
8 Consider, you senseless amongst the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he 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, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct — he that teacheth man knowledge?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
15 For judgement will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22 But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 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.
And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.
