Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
2 Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
3 Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
4 They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
5 Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
6 Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
7 And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
9 He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
10 He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
11 He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
12 O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
14 For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
15 For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
16 Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
17 Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
18 If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
22 And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,
But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
23 And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
