Psalms, 94

1. God of vengeance, Yahweh, God of vengeance, shine forth!

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

2. Arise, judge of the world, give back the proud what they deserve!

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

3. How long are the wicked, Yahweh, how long are the wicked to triumph?

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

4. They bluster and boast, they flaunt themselves, all the evil-doers.

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

5. They crush your people, Yahweh, they oppress your heritage,

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

6. they murder the widow and the stranger, bring the orphan to a violent death.

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

7. They say, 'Yahweh is not looking, the God of Jacob is taking no notice.'

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

8. Take notice yourselves, you coarsest of people! Fools, when will you learn some sense?

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

9. Shall he who implanted the ear not hear, he who fashioned the eye not see?

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

10. Shall he who instructs nations not punish? Yahweh, the teacher of all people,

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

11. knows human plans and how insipid they are.

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

12. How blessed are those you instruct, Yahweh, whom you teach by means of your law,

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

13. to give them respite in evil times, till a pit is dug for the wicked.

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

14. Yahweh will not abandon his people, he will not desert his heritage;

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

15. for judgement will again become saving justice, and in its wake all upright hearts will follow.

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

16. Who rises up on my side against the wicked? Who stands firm on my side against all evil-doers?

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

17. If Yahweh did not come to my help, I should soon find myself dwelling in the silence.

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

18. I need only say, 'I am slipping,' for your faithful love, Yahweh, to support me;

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

19. however great the anxiety of my heart, your consolations soothe me.

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

20. Are you partner to a destructive court, that gives disorder the status of law?

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

21. They make an attack on the life of the upright, and condemn innocent blood.

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

22. No! Yahweh is a stronghold to me, my God is my rock of refuge.

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

23. He turns back their guilt on themselves, annihilates them for their wickedness, he annihilates them, Yahweh our God.

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.