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.
O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
2 Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render to the proud [their] desert.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?
They prate, they speak arrogantly: all the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
5 They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
6 They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”
And they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob consider.
8 Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.
Consider, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke?
He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [even] he that teacheth man knowledge?
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain.
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest out of thy law;
13 So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance,
For the LORD will not cast off 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 shall return unto righteousness: and 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 evil-doers? who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell. (questioned)
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.
18 If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, 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 thy 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 thee, which frameth 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 the LORD hath been my high tower; and 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.
And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God shall cut them off.
