Psalmen 94

¹O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, shine forth;
²Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.
³How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
⁴[ergänzt: How long] shall they utter [ergänzt: and] speak insolence -- all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
⁵They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;
⁶They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
⁷And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [ergänzt: it].
⁸Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
⁹He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
¹⁰He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct -- he that teacheth man knowledge?
¹¹Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
¹²Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
¹³That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
¹⁴For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
¹⁵For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
¹⁷If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
¹⁸When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
¹⁹In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.
²⁰Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
²¹They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
²²But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.
²³And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.

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