Psalms 94
1 A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver.
Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.
2 Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.
Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?
4 How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?
They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.
5 They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.
They crush your people, Yahweh; they afflict the nation that belongs to you.
6 They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.
They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.
7 And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”
They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
8 Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.
Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?
9 He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?
He who made the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke?
He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct? He is the one who gives knowledge to man.
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain.
Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.
12 Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law.
Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, the one whom you teach from your law.
13 So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners.
You give him rest in times of trouble until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance,
For Yahweh will not forsake his people or abandon his inheritance.
15 even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart.
For judgment will again be righteous; and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up to defend me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the wicked?
17 Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell. (questioned)
Unless Yahweh had been my help, I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.
18 If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul.
When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.
20 Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment?
Can a throne of destruction be allied with you, one who creates injustice by statute?
21 They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood.
They conspire together to take the life of the righteous and they condemn the innocent to death.
22 And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope.
But Yahweh has been my high tower, and my God has been the rock of my refuge.
23 And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.
He will bring on them their own iniquity and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh our God will cut them off.
