Psalms 94
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Psalms 94
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| O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen. | O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. |
| Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride. | Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert. |
| How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us? | Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph? |
| Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves. | They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves. |
| Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled, | They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage. |
| They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father; | They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless. |
| And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it. | And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider. |
| Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise? | Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise? |
| Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed? | He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? |
| He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man? | He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [Even] he that teacheth man knowledge? |
| The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath. | Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity. |
| Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law; | Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law; |
| So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners. | That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked. |
| The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage; | For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance. |
| But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true. | For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it. |
| Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil? | Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? |
| If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death. | Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence. |
| If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support. | When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up. |
| Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul. | In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul. |
| What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law? | Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute? |
| They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong. | They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood. |
| But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe. | But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge. |
| And 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. | And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off. Psalm 95 |
