Salmenes 94
1 Du hevnens Gud, Herre, du hevnens Gud, åpenbar dig i herlighet!
Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
2 Reis dig, du jordens dommer, la gjengjeldelse komme over de overmodige!
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 Hvor lenge skal de ugudelige, Herre, hvor lenge skal de ugudelige fryde sig?
Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
4 De utgyder en strøm av ord, de fører frekk tale; alle de som gjør urett, taler store ord.
They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
5 Ditt folk, Herre, knuser de, og din arv plager de.
Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
6 Enken og den fremmede slår de ihjel, og farløse myrder de.
They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
7 Og de sier: Herren ser ikke, og Jakobs Gud gir ikke akt.
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 Gi dog akt, I ufornuftige blandt folket, og I dårer, når vil I bli kloke?
You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
9 Mon han som planter øret, ikke skulde høre? Mon han som skaper øiet, ikke skulde se?
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 Mon han som refser hedningene, ikke skulde straffe, han som gir menneskene forstand?
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 Herren kjenner menneskenes tanker, han vet at de er tomhet.
Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
12 Salig er den mann som du, Herre, refser og gir lærdom av din lov
Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
13 for å gi ham ro for onde dager, inntil det blir gravd en grav for den ugudelige.
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 Herren skal ikke forkaste sitt folk og ikke forlate sin arv;
Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
15 for dommen skal vende tilbake til rettferdighet, og alle de opriktige av hjertet skal gi den medhold.
[Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
16 Hvem reiser sig for mig imot de onde? Hvem stiller sig frem for mig imot dem som gjør urett?
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 Dersom ikke Herren var min hjelp, vilde min sjel snart bo i dødsrikets stillhet.
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 Når jeg sier: Min fot vakler, da holder din miskunnhet mig oppe, Herre!
I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
19 Når mine urolige tanker i mitt hjerte blir mange, da husvaler din trøst min sjel.
Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
20 Har vel fordervelsens domstol noget samfund med dig, der hvor de skaper urett under skinn av rett?
You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
21 De slår sig skarevis sammen imot den rettferdiges sjel, og uskyldig blod dømmer de skyldig.
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 Da blir Herren mig en borg, og min Gud min tilflukts klippe.
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 Og han lar deres urett komme tilbake over dem, og for deres ondskaps skyld skal han utrydde dem; ja, Herren vår Gud skal utrydde dem.
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).
