Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver.
2 Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.
3 Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
4 They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?
5 Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.
6 Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.
7 And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.
9 He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?
10 He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke?
11 He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain.
12 O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law.
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners.
14 For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance,
15 For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart.
16 Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell. (questioned)
18 If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood.
22 And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,
And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope.
23 And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.
