Psalms 94

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

O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:

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

Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.

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

How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?

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

They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:

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

Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;

6 murdering widows and strangers, slaying the fatherless?

The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.

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

Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.

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

Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?

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

He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?

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

He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!

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

Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!

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

How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!

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

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.

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

For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;

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

For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.

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

Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?

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

If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!

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

If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.

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

In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.

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

Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?

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

They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.

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

But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.

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

Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.