# Psalm 94 ## Psalm 94:1 - [KJV] O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. - [ASV] O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. - [YLT] God of vengeance -- Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth. ### Notes on Psalm 94:1 - ## Psalm 94:2 - [KJV] Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. - [ASV] Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud *their* desert. - [YLT] Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud. ### Notes on Psalm 94:2 - ## Psalm 94:3 - [KJV] LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? - [ASV] Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph? - [YLT] Till when *do* the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult? ### Notes on Psalm 94:3 - ## Psalm 94:4 - [KJV] *How long* shall they utter *and* speak hard things? *and* all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? - [ASV] They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves. - [YLT] They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves. ### Notes on Psalm 94:4 - ## Psalm 94:5 - [KJV] They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. - [ASV] They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage. - [YLT] Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict. ### Notes on Psalm 94:5 - ## Psalm 94:6 - [KJV] They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. - [ASV] They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless. - [YLT] Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder. ### Notes on Psalm 94:6 - ## Psalm 94:7 - [KJV] Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard *it*. - [ASV] And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider. - [YLT] And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.' ### Notes on Psalm 94:7 - ## Psalm 94:8 - [KJV] Understand, ye brutish among the people: and *ye* fools, when will ye be wise? - [ASV] Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise? - [YLT] Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely? ### Notes on Psalm 94:8 - ## Psalm 94:9 - [KJV] He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? - [ASV] He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? - [YLT] He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see? ### Notes on Psalm 94:9 - ## Psalm 94:10 - [KJV] He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, *shall not he know*? - [ASV] He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, *Even* he that teacheth man knowledge? - [YLT] He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge *is* Jehovah. ### Notes on Psalm 94:10 - ## Psalm 94:11 - [KJV] The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they *are* vanity. - [ASV] Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity. - [YLT] He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they *are* vanity. ### Notes on Psalm 94:11 - ## Psalm 94:12 - [KJV] Blessed *is* the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; - [ASV] Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law; - [YLT] O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him, ### Notes on Psalm 94:12 - ## Psalm 94:13 - [KJV] That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. - [ASV] That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked. - [YLT] To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked. ### Notes on Psalm 94:13 - ## Psalm 94:14 - [KJV] For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. - [ASV] For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance. - [YLT] For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not. ### Notes on Psalm 94:14 - ## Psalm 94:15 - [KJV] But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. - [ASV] For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it. - [YLT] For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart, ### Notes on Psalm 94:15 - ## Psalm 94:16 - [KJV] Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? *or* who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? - [ASV] Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? - [YLT] Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity? ### Notes on Psalm 94:16 - ## Psalm 94:17 - [KJV] Unless the LORD *had been* my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. - [ASV] Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence. - [YLT] Unless Jehovah *were* a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence. ### Notes on Psalm 94:17 - ## Psalm 94:18 - [KJV] When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. - [ASV] When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up. - [YLT] If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me. ### Notes on Psalm 94:18 - ## Psalm 94:19 - [KJV] In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. - [ASV] In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul. - [YLT] In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul. ### Notes on Psalm 94:19 - ## Psalm 94:20 - [KJV] Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? - [ASV] Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute? - [YLT] Is a throne of mischief joined *with* Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute? ### Notes on Psalm 94:20 - ## Psalm 94:21 - [KJV] They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. - [ASV] They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood. - [YLT] They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked. ### Notes on Psalm 94:21 - ## Psalm 94:22 - [KJV] But the LORD is my defence; and my God *is* the rock of my refuge. - [ASV] But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge. - [YLT] And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God *is* for a rock -- my refuge, ### Notes on Psalm 94:22 - ## Psalm 94:23 - [KJV] And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; *yea*, the LORD our God shall cut them off. - [ASV] And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off. - [YLT] And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off! ### Notes on Psalm 94:23 -