Psalms 94

1 LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

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

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.

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

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

4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

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

They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thy heritage.

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

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

7 They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”

And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.

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

Consider, ye brutish among the people, and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

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

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

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

He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?

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

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

12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your Torah,

Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O Jehovah, and teach out of thy law,

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

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

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

For Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.

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

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

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

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

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

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

18 When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.

When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

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

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

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

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?

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

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

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

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

23 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.

And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Jehovah our God will cut them off.