Psalms 94

1 O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, shine forth;

LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.

Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

3 How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?

LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

4 [How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence — all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

5 They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;

They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.

6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,

They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

7 And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].

They say, "The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."

8 Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?

10 He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct — he that teacheth man knowledge?

He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your Law;

13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;

For the LORD won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for 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 If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

18 When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

When I said, "My foot is slipping." Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.

19 In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

20 Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

21 They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.

But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

23 And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.

He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.