Psalmien 94
1 Sinä koston Jumala, Herra, sinä koston Jumala, ilmesty kirkkaudessa.
Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
2 Nouse, maan tuomari, kosta ylpeille heidän tekonsa.
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 Kuinka kauan jumalattomat, Herra, kuinka kauan jumalattomat saavat riemuita?
Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
4 Ne syytävät suustaan julkeita sanoja, ne röyhkeilevät, kaikki nuo väärintekijät.
They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
5 Sinun kansaasi, Herra, he runtelevat, ja sinun perintöosaasi he rasittavat.
Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
6 He tappavat leskiä ja muukalaisia ja murhaavat orpoja.
They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
7 Ja he sanovat: "Ei Herra sitä näe, ei Jaakobin Jumala sitä huomaa".
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 Ymmärtäkää, te kansan järjettömät, ja te tomppelit-milloin te tulette järkiinne?
You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
9 Joka on korvan istuttanut, hänkö ei kuulisi? Joka on silmän luonut, hänkö ei näkisi?
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 Joka kansat kasvattaa, hänkö ei rankaisisi, hän, joka ihmisille opettaa tiedon?
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 Herra tuntee ihmisten ajatukset; sillä he ovat kuin tuulen henkäys.
Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
12 Autuas se mies, jota sinä, Herra, kuritat ja jolle sinä opetat lakisi,
Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
13 antaaksesi hänelle rauhan pahoilta päiviltä, kunnes jumalattomalle on kaivettu hauta!
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 Sillä Herra ei hylkää kansaansa eikä perintöosaansa heitä,
Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
15 vaan oikeus on vielä noudattava vanhurskautta, ja kaikki oikeamieliset seuraavat sitä.
[Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
16 Kuka nousee minun puolelleni pahoja vastaan, kuka asettuu minun rinnalleni väärintekijöitä vastaan?
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 Ellei Herra olisi minun apuni, pian minun sieluni asuisi hiljaisuuden maassa.
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 Kun minä ajattelen: "Minun jalkani horjuu", niin sinun armosi, Herra, minua tukee.
I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
19 Kun minulla on sydämessäni paljon murheita, niin sinun lohdutuksesi ilahuttaa minun sieluni.
Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
20 Onko yhteyttä sinun kanssasi turmion tuomioistuimella, jossa väkivaltaa tehdään lain varjolla,
You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
21 ahdistetaan vanhurskaan sielua ja tuomitaan syylliseksi viaton veri?
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 Mutta Herra on minun linnani, Jumalani on minun suojakallioni.
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 Hän kostaa heille heidän ilkityönsä ja hukuttaa heidät heidän pahuutensa tähden. Herra, meidän Jumalamme, hukuttaa heidät.
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).
