Ψαλμοί 94
1 Θεέ των εκδικήσεων, Κύριε, Θεέ των εκδικήσεων, εμφάνηθι.
Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
2 Υψώθητι, Κριτά της γής· απόδος ανταπόδοσιν εις τους υπερηφάνους.
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 Έως πότε οι ασεβείς, Κύριε, έως πότε οι ασεβείς θέλουσι θριαμβεύει;
Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
4 Έως πότε θέλουσι προφέρει και λαλεί σκληρά; θέλουσι καυχάσθαι πάντες οι εργάται της ανομίας;
They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
5 Τον λαόν σου, Κύριε, καταθλίβουσι και την κληρονομίαν σου κακοποιούσι.
Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
6 Την χήραν και τον ξένον φονεύουσι και θανατόνουσι τους ορφανούς.
They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
7 Και λέγουσι, δεν θέλει ιδεί ο Κύριος ουδέ θέλει νοήσει ο Θεός του Ιακώβ.
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 Εννοήσατε, οι άφρονες μεταξύ του λαού· και οι μωροί, πότε θέλετε φρονιμεύσει;
You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
9 Ο φυτεύσας το ωτίον, δεν θέλει ακούσει; ο πλάσας τον οφθαλμόν, δεν θέλει ιδεί;
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 Ο σωφρονίζων τα έθνη, δεν θέλει ελέγξει; ο διδάσκων τον άνθρωπον γνώσιν;
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 Ο Κύριος γνωρίζει τους διαλογισμούς των ανθρώπων, ότι είναι μάταιοι.
Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
12 Μακάριος ο άνθρωπος, τον οποίον σωφρονίζεις, Κύριε, και διά του νόμου σου διδάσκεις αυτόν·
Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
13 διά να αναπαύης αυτόν από των ημερών της συμφοράς, εωσού σκαφθή λάκκος εις τον ασεβή.
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 Διότι δεν θέλει απορρίψει ο Κύριος τον λαόν αυτού, και την κληρονομίαν αυτού δεν θέλει εγκαταλείψει.
Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
15 Επειδή η κρίσις θέλει επιστρέψει εις την δικαιοσύνην, και θέλουσιν ακολουθήσει αυτήν πάντες οι ευθείς την καρδίαν.
[Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
16 Τις θέλει σηκωθή υπέρ εμού κατά των πονηρευομένων; τις θέλει παρασταθή υπέρ εμού κατά των εργατών της ανομίας;
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 Εάν ο Κύριος δεν με εβοήθει, παρ' ολίγον ήθελε κατοικήσει ψυχή μου εν τη σιωπή.
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 Ότε έλεγον, ωλίσθησεν ο πους μου, το έλεός σου, Κύριε, με εβοήθει.
I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
19 Εν τω πλήθει των αμηχανιών της καρδίας μου, αι παρηγορίαι σου εύφραναν την ψυχήν μου.
Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
20 Μήπως έχει μετά σου συγκοινωνίαν ο θρόνος της ανομίας, όστις μηχανάται αδικίαν αντί νόμου;
You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
21 Αυτοί εφορμώσι κατά της ψυχής του δικαίου και αίμα αθώον καταδικάζουσιν.
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 Αλλ' ο Κύριος είναι εις εμέ καταφύγιον και ο Θεός μου το φρούριον της ελπίδος μου.
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 Και θέλει επιστρέψει επ' αυτούς την ανομίαν αυτών και εν τη πονηρία αυτών θέλει αφανίσει αυτούς· Κύριος ο Θεός ημών θέλει αφανίσει αυτούς.
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).
