Psalms 94

1 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.

Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.

2 Be you exalted, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud.

Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.

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

How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?

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

They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.

5 They have afflicted your people, O Lord, and hurt your heritage.

They crush your people, Yahweh; they afflict the nation that belongs to you.

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

They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.

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

They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”

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

Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?

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

He who made the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?

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

He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct? He is the one who gives knowledge to man.

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

Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.

12 Blessed is the man whoever you shall chasten, O Lord, and shall teach him out of your law;

Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, the one whom you teach from your law.

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

You give him rest in times of trouble until a pit is dug for the wicked.

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

For Yahweh will not forsake his people or abandon his inheritance.

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

For judgment will again be righteous; and all the upright in heart will follow it.

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

Who will rise up to defend me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the wicked?

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

Unless Yahweh had been my help, I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.

18 If I said, My foot has been moved;

When I said, “My foot is slipping,” Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.

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

When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.

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

Can a throne of destruction be allied with you, one who creates injustice by statute?

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

They conspire together to take the life of the righteous and they condemn the innocent to death.

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

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

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

He will bring on them their own iniquity and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh our God will cut them off.