Psalms 94

1 YHWH, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

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

2 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

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

3 YHWH, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

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

4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

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

5 They break your people in pieces, YHWH, and afflict your heritage.

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

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

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

7 They say, "JAH will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."

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

8 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

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

9 He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?

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

10 He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

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

11 YHWH knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

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

12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, JAH, and teach out of your Law;

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

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

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

14 For YHWH won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

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

15 For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

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

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

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

17 Unless YHWH had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

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

18 When I said, "My foot is slipping." Your loving kindness, YHWH, 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, your 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 you, which brings about 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 the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

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

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

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

23 He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. YHWH, our God, will cut them off.

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