Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
2 Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
3 Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
4 They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
5 Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
6 Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
7 And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
9 He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
10 He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
11 He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
12 O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
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 misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
14 For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
15 For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
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 make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
18 If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
22 And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,
But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
23 And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.
