Psalms 94
1 A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver.
Jehovah, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
2 Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.
Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
Jehovah, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
4 How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?
They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
5 They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.
They break your people in pieces, Jehovah, and afflict your heritage.
6 They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”
They say, "JAH will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."
8 Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.
Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
9 He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?
He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?
10 He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke?
He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain.
Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law.
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, JAH, and teach out of your Law;
13 So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners.
that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance,
For Jehovah won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart.
For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
17 Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell. (questioned)
Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
18 If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
When I said, "My foot is slipping." Your loving kindness, Jehovah, held me up.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
20 Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment?
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
21 They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope.
But Jehovah has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
23 And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.
He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Jehovah, our God, will cut them off.
