Psalms 94
1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
5 They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.
Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
8 Understand, all of you brutish among the people: and all of you fools, when will all of you be wise?
Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
10 He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?
He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,
13 That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dug for the wicked.
To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
18 When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.
If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.
In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
And He turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
