Psalms 94
1 O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?
4 They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.
5 Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
They crush your people, Yahweh; they afflict the nation that belongs to you.
6 The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.
7 Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?
9 He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
He who made the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct? He is the one who gives knowledge to man.
11 Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.
12 How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, the one whom you teach from your law.
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
You give him rest in times of trouble until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
For Yahweh will not forsake his people or abandon his inheritance.
15 For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
For judgment will again be righteous; and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for 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, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
Unless Yahweh had been my help, I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.
18 If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.
20 Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
Can a throne of destruction be allied with you, one who creates injustice by statute?
21 They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, —And, innocent blood, they condemn.
They conspire together to take the life of the righteous and they condemn the innocent to death.
22 But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
But Yahweh has been my high tower, and my God has been the rock of my refuge.
23 Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.
He will bring on them their own iniquity and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh our God will cut them off.
