Psalms 93

¹A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver.

²Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.

³How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?

⁴How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?

⁵They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.

⁶They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.

⁷And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”

⁸Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.

⁹He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?

¹⁰He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke?

¹¹The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain.

¹²Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law.

¹³So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners.

¹⁴For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance,

¹⁵even 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.

¹⁶Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?

¹⁷Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell.

¹⁸If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

¹⁹According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul.

²⁰Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment?

²¹They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood.

²²And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope.

²³And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.

¹The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.

²Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.

³How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?

⁴Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?

⁵Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.

⁶They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.

⁷And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

⁸Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.

⁹He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?

¹⁰He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?

¹¹The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

¹²Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.

¹³That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.

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

¹⁵Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.

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

¹⁷Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.

¹⁸If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

¹⁹According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.

²⁰Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?

²¹They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.

²²But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.

²³And he will render them their iniquity : and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.