Psalms 94
1 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
2 Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
4 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
Consider, you senseless amongst the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
10 He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
13 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
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 cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
For judgement will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall 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 Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. (questioned)
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
23 And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
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.
