< Psalms 94 >
1 God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
2 Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert.
3 Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
5 Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.
6 Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [Even] he that teacheth man knowledge?
11 He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
12 O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
18 If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
22 And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,
But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth 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.