Psalms 94

1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.

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

2 Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.

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

3 Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?

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

4 They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.

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

6 They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.

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

7 And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”

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

8 Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?

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

9 He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?

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

10 He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.

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

11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

12 O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,

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

13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is 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 YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.

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

15 For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.

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

16 Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

17 Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

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

18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.

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

19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.

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

20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?

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

21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.

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

22 And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,

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

23 And He turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!

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