94:1 LORD, God of ①vengeance,
God of ②vengeance, ③shine forth!
▷ ①Or avenging acts ②Or avenging acts ③Or has shone forth
94:2 Rise up, Judge of the earth,
Pay back retribution to the proud.
94:3 How long, LORD, shall the wicked—
How long shall the wicked triumph?
94:4 They pour out words, they speak arrogantly;
All who do injustice boast.
94:5 They crush Your people, LORD,
And afflict Your inheritance.
94:6 They kill the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.
94:7 They have said, “ ①The LORD does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob perceive.”
▷ ①Heb YAH
94:8 Pay attention, you stupid ones among the people;
And when will you understand, foolish ones?
94:9 He who planted the ear, ①does He not hear?
Or He who formed the eye, ②does He not see?
▷ ①Or can ②Or can
94:10 He who ①disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,
He who teaches mankind knowledge?
▷ ①Or instructs
94:11 The LORD knows human thoughts,
①That they are mere breath.
▷ ①Or For
94:12 Blessed is the man whom You discipline, ①LORD,
And whom You teach from Your Law,
▷ ①Heb YAH
94:13 So that You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit is dug for the wicked.
94:14 For the LORD will not abandon His people,
Nor will He abandon His inheritance.
94:15 For ①judgment ②will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart ③will follow it.
▷ ①I.e., administration of justice ②Lit will return to righteousness ③Lit will be after it
94:16 Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me against those who do injustice?
94:17 If the LORD had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
94:18 If I should say, “My foot has slipped,”
Your faithfulness, LORD, will support me.
94:19 When my anxious thoughts ①multiply within me,
Your comfort delights my soul.
▷ ①Or are many
94:20 Can a ①throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises ②mischief by decree?
▷ ①Or tribunal ②Or trouble, misfortune
94:21 They band themselves together against the ①life of the righteous
And condemn ②the innocent to death.
▷ ①Or soul ②Lit innocent blood
94:22 But the LORD has been my refuge,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
94:23 He has brought back their injustice upon them,
And He will ①destroy them in their evil;
The LORD our God will ②destroy them.
▷ ①Or silence ②Or silence