Psalms 94

1O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.

1God of vengeance--Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.

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

2Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.

2Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

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

3How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?

3Till when <FI>do<Fi> the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

3Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

4Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

4They utter--they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

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

5Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,

5Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

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

6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

6Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

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

7And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

7And they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'

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

8Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

8Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

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

9Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

9He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

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

10He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?

10He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.

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

11The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

11He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they <FI>are<Fi> vanity.

11The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

12Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;

12O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

13So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.

13To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

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

14The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;

14For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

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

15But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

15For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

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

16Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?

16Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

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

17If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

17Unless Jehovah <FI>were<Fi> a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

17Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

18If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.

18If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

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

19Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.

19In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

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

20What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

20Is a throne of mischief joined <FI>with<Fi> Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

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

21They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

21They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

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

22But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.

22And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God <FI>is<Fi> for a rock--my refuge,

22But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

23And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.

23And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!

23And 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.