Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
3 Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
4 They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
5 Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
6 Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
9 He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
10 He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
11 He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
15 For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will 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 wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18 If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,
But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
23 And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
