Psalms 94

1OGod of vengeances, Jehovah,God of vengeances, shine forth;

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

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

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

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

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

3 How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?

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

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

4 [How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence — all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

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

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

5 They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;

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

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

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

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

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

7 And say, Jah will not see, neither will theGod of Jacob regard [it].

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct — he that teacheth man knowledge?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;

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

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

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

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

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

16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

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

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

17 If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

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

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

18 When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

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

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

19 In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.

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

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

20 Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?

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

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

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

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

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

22 But Jehovah will be my high tower; and myGod the rock of my refuge.

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

23 And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah ourGod will cut them off.

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

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.