Psalms 94

1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.

2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.

Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

4 They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thy heritage.

They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.

6 They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.

Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Understand, all of you brutish among the people: and all of you fools, when will all of you be wise?

9 He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

10 He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?

He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?

11 Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O Jehovah, and teach out of thy law,

Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;

13 that thou may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for a wicked man.

That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dug for the wicked.

14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15 For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

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

17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

18 When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.

19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.

20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?

21 They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But Jehovah has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.

But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

23 And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Jehovah our God will cut them off.

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.