Psalms, 94

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

1. O LORD, thou God of vengeance, thou God of vengeance, shine forth!

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

2. Rise up, O judge of the earth; render to the proud their deserts!

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

3. O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?

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

4. They pour out their arrogant words, they boast, all the evildoers.

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

5. They crush thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage.

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

6. They slay the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;

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

7. and they say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive."

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

8. Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?

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

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

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

10. He who chastens the nations, does he not chastise? He who teaches men knowledge,

11. knows human plans and how insipid they are.

11. the LORD, knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.

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

12. Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law

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

13. to give him respite from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

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

14. For the LORD will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage;

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

15. for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

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

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

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

17. If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

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

18. When I thought, "My foot slips," thy steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.

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

19. When the cares of my heart are many, thy consolations cheer my soul.

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

20. Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute?

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

21. They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.

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

22. But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God 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. He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out.