Psalms 94

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

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

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

Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

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

Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

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

They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

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

Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

6 murdering widows and strangers, slaying the fatherless?

Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

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

And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'

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

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

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

He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

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

He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.

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

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

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

O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

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 digged for the wicked.

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

For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

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

For to righteousness judgment turneth back, 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 riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth 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 Jehovah [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 hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

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

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

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

Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? 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 innocent blood declare wicked.

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

And Jehovah 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 turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!