Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
2 Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
3 Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
How long, O LORD! shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
How long shall their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
5 Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress 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 they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, 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 nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, That they are vanity.
12 O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged for the wicked!
14 For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
For the LORD will not forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
15 For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
For judgment shall return to justice, 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 wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
17 Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.
18 If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
They band together against the life 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 the LORD is my fortress, 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!
He will bring upon them their own iniquity; Yea, through their own wickedness he will cut them off; Yea, the LORD, our God, will cut them off.
