Psalms 94

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

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

1Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.

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

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

2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

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

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

3For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

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

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

4For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his.

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

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

5For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

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

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

6Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.

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

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

7For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

8Understand, 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?

8To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

9He 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?

9As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

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

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

10Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart.

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

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

11And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

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

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

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13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, 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.

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

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

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15But 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,

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

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

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17Unless the Lord had 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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22But the Lord is my defence; and my God is 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,

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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.

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

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