Psalms 94

1 Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.

God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.

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

Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.

3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult,

Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?

4 with their blustering arrogant words, their braggart and wicked speech,

They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.

5 crushing your people, Lord, and afflicting your heritage,

Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.

6 murdering widows and strangers, slaying the fatherless?

They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.

7 They think that the Lord does not see, nor the God of Jacob regard it.

And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”

8 Take heed, you dullest of people; when will you be wise, you fools?

Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?

9 Is he deaf, who shaped the ear? Is he blind, who fashioned the eye?

He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?

10 Can he who trains nations not punish them he who teaches knowledge to people?

He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.

11 The Lord knows the thoughts of people, that only a breath are they.

He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

12 Happy are those whom you chasten, and teach out of your law,

O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,

13 keeping them calm in the day of misfortune, till a pit be dug for the wicked.

To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.

14 For the Lord will not leave his people, he will not forsake his inheritance.

For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.

15 For the righteous shall come to their rights, and all true-hearted people shall follow them.

For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.

16 Who will rise up for me against those who do evil? Who will stand up for me against workers of wrong?

Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?

17 Were it not for the help of the Lord, I would soon have gone to the silent grave.

Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

18 When I thought that my foot was slipping, your kindness, Lord, held me up.

If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.

19 When with cares my heart was crowded, your comforts make me glad.

In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.

20 Can corrupt justice be your ally, framing mischief by statute?

Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?

21 They assail the life of the righteous, and innocent blood condemn.

They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.

22 But the Lord is my sure retreat, my God is the rock of my refuge.

And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,

23 He will bring back their sin upon them, for their wickedness he will destroy them; the Lord our God will destroy them.

And He turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!