תהילים 94

1 אֵל־נְקָמוֹת יְהוָה אֵל נְקָמוֹת הוֹפִֽיעַ׃

A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.

2 הִנָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵט הָאָרֶץ הָשֵׁב גְּמוּל עַל־גֵּאִֽים׃

Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.

3 עַד־מָתַי רְשָׁעִים ׀ יְהוָה עַד־מָתַי רְשָׁעִים יַעֲלֹֽזוּ׃

How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?

4 יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק יִֽתְאַמְּרוּ כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak [so].

5 עַמְּךָ יְהוָה יְדַכְּאוּ וְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ יְעַנּֽוּ׃

They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage.

6 אַלְמָנָה וְגֵר יַהֲרֹגוּ וִֽיתוֹמִים יְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃

They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.

7 וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹא יִרְאֶה־יָּהּ וְלֹא־יָבִין אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹֽב׃

And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

8 בִּינוּ בֹּעֲרִים בָּעָם וּכְסִילִים מָתַי תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃

Understand now, ye simple among the people; and ye fools, at length be wise.

9 הֲנֹטַֽע אֹזֶן הֲלֹא יִשְׁמָע אִֽם־יֹצֵֽר עַיִן הֲלֹא יַבִּֽיט׃

He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?

10 הֲיֹסֵר גּוֹיִם הֲלֹא יוֹכִיחַ הַֽמְלַמֵּד אָדָם דָּֽעַת׃

He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge?

11 יְֽהוָה יֹדֵעַ מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָדָם כִּי־הֵמָּה הָֽבֶל׃

The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

12 אַשְׁרֵי ׀ הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר־תְּיַסְּרֶנּוּ יָּהּ וּֽמִתּוֹרָתְךָ תְלַמְּדֶֽנּוּ׃

Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, and shalt teach him out of thy law;

13 לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֹ מִימֵי רָע עַד יִכָּרֶה לָרָשָׁע שָֽׁחַת׃

to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.

14 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יִטֹּשׁ יְהוָה עַמּוֹ וְנַחֲלָתוֹ לֹא יַעֲזֹֽב׃

For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;

15 כִּֽי־עַד־צֶדֶק יָשׁוּב מִשְׁפָּט וְאַחֲרָיו כָּל־יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃

until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (Pause)

16 מִֽי־יָקוּם לִי עִם־מְרֵעִים מִֽי־יִתְיַצֵּב לִי עִם־פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?

17 לוּלֵי יְהוָה עֶזְרָתָה לִּי כִּמְעַט ׀ שָֽׁכְנָה דוּמָה נַפְשִֽׁי׃

If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.

18 אִם־אָמַרְתִּי מָטָה רַגְלִי חַסְדְּךָ יְהוָה יִסְעָדֵֽנִי׃

If I said, My foot has been moved;

19 בְּרֹב שַׂרְעַפַּי בְּקִרְבִּי תַּנְחוּמֶיךָ יְֽשַׁעַשְׁעוּ נַפְשִֽׁי׃

thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, thy consolation have soothed my soul.

20 הַֽיְחָבְרְךָ כִּסֵּא הַוּוֹת יֹצֵר עָמָל עֲלֵי־חֹֽק׃

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by an ordinance?

21 יָגוֹדּוּ עַל־נֶפֶשׁ צַדִּיק וְדָם נָקִי יַרְשִֽׁיעוּ׃

They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

22 וַיְהִי יְהוָה לִי לְמִשְׂגָּב וֵאלֹהַי לְצוּר מַחְסִֽי׃

But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.

23 וַיָּשֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶם ׀ אֶת־אוֹנָם וּבְרָעָתָם יַצְמִיתֵם יַצְמִיתֵם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.