Psalms 94
1 O Yhwh God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
3 Yhwh, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
5 They break in pieces thy people, O Yhwh, and afflict thine heritage.
Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
7 Yet they say, Yah shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
11 Yhwh knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Yah, and teachest him out of thy law;
Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
14 For Yhwh will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
17 Unless Yhwh had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Yhwh, held me up.
If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
22 But Yhwh is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, Yhwh our God shall cut them off.
And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
