Psalms 94
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
1O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
2Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
2Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense.
3LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
4They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
4They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
5They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
5They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.
6They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
7And they say: 'The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'
8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
8Consider, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye understand?
9He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
9He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see?
10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
10He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge?
11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
11The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
12Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law;
13that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
13That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
14For the LORD will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance.
15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
15For right shall return unto justice, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.
18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
18If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
19When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
20Shall the seat 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.
21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
22But the LORD hath been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
23He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.
23And He hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God will cut them off.
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