94:1 O LORD God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! |
94:2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation! |
94:3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph {and} exult? |
94:4 They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily. |
94:5 They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. |
94:6 They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan. |
94:7 Yet they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it. |
94:8 Consider {and} understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise? |
94:9 He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see? |
94:10 He Who disciplines {and} instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge? |
94:11 The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile--only a breath). |
94:12 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline {and} instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, |
94:13 That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked. |
94:14 For the Lord will not cast off {nor} spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage. |
94:15 For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. |
94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? |
94:17 Unless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence. |
94:18 When I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy {and} loving-kindness, O Lord, held me up. |
94:19 In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer {and} delight my soul! |
94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You--they who frame {and} hide their unrighteous doings under [the sacred name of] law? |
94:21 They band themselves together against the life of the [consistently] righteous and condemn the innocent to death. |
94:22 But the Lord has become my High Tower {and} Defense, and my God the Rock of my refuge. |
94:23 And He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out. |