Psalms 94

¹O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

²Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proudtheir desert.

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

⁴They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

⁵They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.

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

⁷And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.

⁸Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

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

¹⁰He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, Evenhe that teacheth man knowledge?

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

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

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

¹⁴For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.

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

¹⁷Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.

¹⁸When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

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

²⁰Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

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

²²But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.

²³And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.

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

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

³Till when do the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

⁴They utterthey speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁰Is a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

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

²²And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God is for a rockmy refuge,

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