Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
Rise up, judge of the earth, pay back the proud what they deserve.
3 Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult,
4 They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
with their blustering arrogant words, their braggart and wicked speech,
5 Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
crushing your people, Lord, and afflicting your heritage,
6 Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
murdering widows and strangers, slaying the fatherless?
7 And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
They think that the Lord does not see, nor the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
Take heed, you dullest of people; when will you be wise, you fools?
9 He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
Is he deaf, who shaped the ear? Is he blind, who fashioned the eye?
10 He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
Can he who trains nations not punish them he who teaches knowledge to people?
11 He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The Lord knows the thoughts of people, that only a breath are they.
12 O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Happy are those whom you chasten, and teach out of your law,
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
keeping them calm in the day of misfortune, till a pit be dug for the wicked.
14 For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
For the Lord will not leave his people, he will not forsake his inheritance.
15 For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
For the righteous shall come to their rights, and all true-hearted people shall follow them.
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 those who do evil? Who will stand up for me against workers of wrong?
17 Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
Were it not for the help of the Lord, I would soon have gone to the silent grave.
18 If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
When I thought that my foot was slipping, your kindness, Lord, held me up.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
When with cares my heart was crowded, your comforts make me glad.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Can corrupt justice be your ally, framing mischief by statute?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
They assail the life of the righteous, and innocent blood condemn.
22 And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,
But the Lord is my sure retreat, my God is 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 back their sin upon them, for their wickedness he will destroy them; the Lord our God will destroy them.
