Revised Version 1895

Psalms 94

1OLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, thouGodאֵל־'el-H410to whomvengeanceנְקָמ֥וֹתne.ka.MotH5360belongeth, thouGodאֵ֖ל'elH410to whomvengeanceנְקָמ֣וֹתne.ka.MotH5360belongeth,shineהוֹפִֽיַע׃ho.Fi.ya'H3313forthH3313.

2LiftH5375upH5375thyself, thoujudgeשֹׁפֵ֣טsho.FetH8199of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:renderהָשֵׁ֥בha.ShevH7725to theproudגֵּאִֽים׃ge.'ImH1343their desert.

3LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,howמָתַ֖יma.TaiH4970longעַד־'ad-H5704shall thewickedרְשָׁעִ֥ים׀re.sha.'ImH7563,howמָ֝תַ֗יma.TaiH4970longעַד־'ad-H5704shall thewickedרְשָׁעִ֥יםre.sha.'ImH7563triumph?

4They prate, theyspeakיְדַבְּר֣וּye.da.be.RuH1696arrogantlyעָתָ֑ק'a.TakH6277:allכָּל־kol-H3605theworkersפֹּ֥עֲלֵיPo.'a.leiH6466ofiniquityH205boastH205themselvesH205.

5They break in pieces thypeopleעַמְּךָ֣'a.me.KhaH5971, OLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068, andafflictיְעַנּֽוּ׃ye.'a.NuH6031thineheritageוְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ֥ve.na.cha.la.te.KhaH5159.

6Theyslayיַהֲרֹ֑גוּya.ha.Ro.guH2026thewidowאַ֭לְמָנָה'Al.ma.nahH490and thestrangerוְגֵ֣רve.GerH1616, andmurderיְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃ye.ra.Tze.chuH7523thefatherlessוִֽיתוֹמִ֣יםvi.to.MimH3490.

7And theysayוַ֭יֹּ֣אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559, TheLORDיָּ֑הּYahH3050shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808seeיִרְאֶה־yir.'eh-H7200,neitherוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808shall theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofJacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290considerH7200.

8Considerבִּ֭ינוּBi.nuH995, ye brutish among thepeopleבָּעָ֑םba.'AmH5971: and yefoolsוּ֝כְסִילִ֗יםu.khe.si.LimH3684, when will ye bewiseתַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃tas.Ki.luH7919?

9He thatplantedהֲנֹ֣טַֽעha.No.ta'H5193theearאֹ֭זֶן'O.zenH241, shall henotהֲלֹ֣אha.Lo'H3808hearיִשְׁמָ֑עyish.Ma'H8085? he thatformedיֹ֥צֵֽרYo.tzerH3335theeyeעַ֝֗יִן'A.yinH5869, shall henotהֲלֹ֣אha.Lo'H3808seeH5869?

10He that chastiseth thenationsגּ֭וֹיִםGo.yimH1471, shallnotH3808hecorrectהֲיֹסֵ֣רha.yo.SerH3256,evenH3808he that teachethmanאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120knowledgeדָּֽעַת׃Da.'atH1847?

11TheLORDיְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068knoweth thethoughtsמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmach.she.VotH4284ofmanאָדָ֑ם'a.DamH120, that they arevanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

12Blessedאַשְׁרֵ֤י׀'ash.ReiH835is themanהַגֶּ֣בֶרha.Ge.verH1397whomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou chastenest, OLORDיָּ֑הּYahH3050, and teachest out of thylawוּֽמִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥u.mi.to.ra.te.KhaH8451;

13That thou mayest give himrestלְהַשְׁקִ֣יטle.hash.KitH8252from thedaysמִ֣ימֵיMi.meiH3117of adversity,untilעַ֤ד'adH5704thepitשָֽׁחַת׃Sha.chatH7845be digged for thewickedלָרָשָׁ֣עla.ra.Sha'H7563.

14For theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068willnotלֹא־lo'-H3808castH5203off hispeopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971,neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808will heforsakeH5203hisinheritanceוְ֝נַחֲלָת֗וֹve.na.cha.la.ToH5159.

15Forjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941shallreturnיָשׁ֣וּבya.ShuvH7725untorighteousnessצֶ֭דֶקTze.dekH6664: andallכָּל־kol-H3605theuprightיִשְׁרֵי־yish.rei-H3477inheartלֵֽב׃LevH3820shallfollowוְ֝אַחֲרָ֗יוve.'a.cha.RavH310it.

16Who willriseיָק֣וּםya.KumH6965upH6965formeH5973againstH5973the evil-doers? who willstandH6965upH6965formeH5973againstH5973theworkersפֹּ֥עֲלֵיPo.'a.leiH6466ofiniquityאָֽוֶן׃'A.venH205?

17Unless theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068had been myhelpעֶזְרָ֣תָה'ez.Ra.tahH5833, mysoulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315hadsoonכִּמְעַ֓ט׀kim.'AtH4592dweltשָֽׁכְנָ֖הsha.khe.NahH7931insilenceדוּמָ֣הdu.MahH1745.

18When Isaidאָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiH559, Myfootרַגְלִ֑יrag.LiH7272slippeth; thymercyH3068, OLORDH3068, heldmeיִסְעָדֵֽנִי׃yis.'a.De.niH5582up.

19In themultitudeבְּרֹ֣בbe.RoH7230of mythoughtsשַׂרְעַפַּ֣יsar.'a.PaiH8312withinבְּקִרְבִּ֑יbe.kir.BiH7130meH5315thy comforts delight mysoulH5315.

20Shall thethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678ofwickednessH5999have fellowship with thee, which framethmischiefעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999bystatuteחֹֽק׃ChokH2706?

21They gatherthemselvesH5315togetherH5921againstH5921thesoulH5315of therighteousצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662, andcondemnיַרְשִֽׁיעוּ׃yar.Shi.'uH7561theinnocentנָקִ֣יna.KiH5355bloodוְדָ֖םve.DamH1818.

22But theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068hath been my high tower; and myGodוֵ֝אלֹהַ֗יve.lo.HaiH430therockלְצ֣וּרle.TzurH6697of myrefugeמַחְסִֽי׃mach.SiH4268.

23And he hathbroughtוַיָּ֤שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725uponH5921them their owniniquityאוֹנָ֗ם'o.NamH205, and shallcutיַצְמִיתֵ֑םyatz.mi.TemH6789themoffH5921in their ownevilוּבְרָעָתָ֥םu.ve.ra.'a.TamH7451; theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃'e.lo.Hei.nuH430shallcutיַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗םyatz.mi.TemH6789themoffH5921.

Commentaries on Psalms 94

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