Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, 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 the reward to the proud.
3 Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
[How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence — all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;
6 Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
7 And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
Understand, 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 instructeth the nations, shall not he correct — 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 Jah, and whom thou 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 evil, 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 for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost 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 loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22 And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,
But Jehovah will be 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 will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.
