Psalms 94

1 Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.

O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

2 Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.

Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense.

3 How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?

4 They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.

They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.

5 They crush your people, Yahweh; they afflict the nation that belongs to you.

They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.

6 They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.

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

7 They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”

And they say: 'The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'

8 Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?

Consider, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye understand?

9 He who made the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?

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

10 He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct? He is the one who gives knowledge to man.

He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge?

11 Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.

The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

12 Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, the one whom you teach from your law.

Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law;

13 You give him rest in times of trouble until a pit is dug for the wicked.

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

14 For Yahweh will not forsake his people or abandon his inheritance.

For the LORD will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance.

15 For judgment will again be righteous; and all the upright in heart will follow it.

For right shall return unto justice, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

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

Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

17 Unless Yahweh had been my help, I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.

18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,” Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.

If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.

19 When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.

When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

20 Can a throne of destruction be allied with you, one who creates injustice by statute?

Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute?

21 They conspire together to take the life of the righteous and they condemn the innocent to death.

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

22 But Yahweh has been my high tower, and my God has been the rock of my refuge.

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

23 He will bring on them their own iniquity and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh our God will cut them off.

And He hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God will cut them off.