Psalms, 94

1. O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

1. O Lord God, vengeance is yours; O God who avenges, show yourself!

2. Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

2. Judge of the world, repay the proud with what they deserve.

3. LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

3. How long shall the wicked, O Lord, how long shall the wicked exult?

4. [How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

4. Pouring out words of arrogance, evildoers make a show of their insolence.

5. They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

5. They crush your people, O Lord, they oppress your inheritance.

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

6. They murder the widow and the lonely, they massacre the helpless;

7. Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it].

7. "The Lord does not see," they say, "the God of Jacob does not care."

8. Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?

8. Remember this, you stupid people, when will you understand, you fools!

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

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

10. He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know]?

10. He who rebukes nations, will he not punish them?

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

11. The Lord knows the thoughts of humans, that they are a puff of wind.

12. Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

12. Fortunate the one you correct, O Lord, the one you teach your law;

13. That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

13. you give them relief from distress while a pit is dug for the wicked.

14. For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

14. The Lord will not reject his people nor will he forsake his heritage.

15. But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

15. Justice will return to the just, and the upright will follow in its wake.

16. Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

16. Who stands up for me against the wicked? Who stands by me against evildoers?

17. Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

17. Had the Lord not helped me, I would have fallen into the silence of death.

18. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

18. No sooner did I say, "My foot is slipping," your kindness, O Lord, held me up.

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

19. The more worries and trouble assailed me, the more you consoled me.

20. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

20. You shun wicked rulers who impose injustice by law.

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

21. They plot together against the virtuous and condemn the innocent.

22. But the LORD is my defence; and my God [is] the rock of my refuge.

22. But the Lord is my stronghold, my God, my rock of 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.

23. He will repay them for their evil and destroy them for their wickedness; the Lord, our God, will blot them out.