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Psalms 94

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1 Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, You God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
1 The LORD is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.
2 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
3 Yahweh, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph?
3 How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?
4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evil-doers boast.
4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.
5 They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, And afflict your heritage.
5 They crush your people, LORD; they oppress your inheritance.
6 They kill the widow and the alien, And murder the fatherless.
6 They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 They say, "Yah will not see, Neither will Jacob's God consider."
7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice.”
8 Consider, you senseless among the people; You fools, when will you be wise?
8 Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
9 He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?
9 Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?
10 He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
10 Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
11 Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.
11 The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, And teach out of your law;
12 Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from your law;
13 That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
13 you grant them relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For Yahweh won't reject his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
14 For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
17 Unless Yahweh had been my help, My soul would have soon lived in silence.
17 Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
18 When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your lovingkindness, Yahweh, held me up.
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
19 When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, Which brings about mischief by statute?
20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you— a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
21 The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But Yahweh has been my high tower, My God, the rock of my refuge.
22 But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
23 He has brought on them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.
23 He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.
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