Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
2 Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
You are the one who judges all [people on] the earth; [so] arise, and give/punish the proud [leaders of our] people like they deserve.
3 Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
4 They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
5 Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
6 Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
7 And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; [so] the God whom those Israelis [worship] does not see [the evil things that we do].”
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
9 He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?
God made our ears; so [do you think that] he cannot hear [what you say] [RHQ]? He created our eyes; so do you think that he cannot see [the evil things that you do] [RHQ]?
10 He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.
He also scolds [the leaders of other] nations; so do you think that he will not punish [you] [RHQ]? He is the one who knows everything; [so why do you think that he does not know what you do] [RHQ]?
11 He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
12 O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
When those people have had troubles, you cause those troubles to cease, and some day [it will be as though] you will dig pits for wicked people, and they will fall into those pits [and die].
14 For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
15 For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
[Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
16 Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
But when wicked [people] ([oppressed me/treated me cruelly]), (who defended me?/no one defended me.) [RHQ] No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people [RHQ].
17 Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
If Yahweh had not helped me [at that time], [I would have been executed], [and] my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where [dead people] say nothing.
18 If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
They plan to get rid of righteous [people], and they declare that (innocent people/people who have not done what is wrong) must be executed.
22 And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,
But Yahweh (has become [like] my fortress/protects me) [MET]; my God is [like a huge] rock under which I am protected/safe [MET].
23 And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
He will punish those wicked leaders in return for the wicked things that they have done, and will get rid of them for the sins that they have committed; [yes], Yahweh our God will (wipe them out/destroy them completely).
