Psalm 94
1The Lord is a God who punishes.
Since you are the one who punishes, come and show your anger.
2Judge of the earth, rise up.
Pay back proud people for what they have done.
3Lord, how long will those who are evil be glad?
How long will they be full of joy?
4Proud words pour out of their mouths.
All those who do evil are always bragging.
5Lord, they crush your people.
They treat badly those who belong to you.
6They kill outsiders. They kill widows.
They murder children whose fathers have died.
7They say, “The Lord doesn’t see what’s happening.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay any attention to it.”
8You who aren’t wise, pay attention.
You foolish people, when will you become wise?
9Does he who made the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?
10Does he who corrects nations not punish?
Does he who teaches human beings not know anything?
11The Lord knows what people think.
He knows that their thoughts don’t amount to anything.
12Lord, blessed is the person you correct.
Blessed is the person you teach from your law.
13You give them rest from times of trouble,
until a pit is dug to trap sinners.
14The Lord won’t say no to his people.
He will never desert those who belong to him.
15He will again judge people in keeping with what is right.
All those who have honest hearts will follow the right way.
16Who will rise up for me against sinful people?
Who will stand up for me against those who do evil?
17Suppose the Lord had not helped me.
Then I would soon have been lying quietly in the grave.
18I said, “My foot is slipping.”
But Lord, your faithful love kept me from falling.
19I was very worried.
But your comfort brought me joy.
20Can you have anything to do with rulers who aren’t fair?
Can those who make laws that cause suffering be friends of yours?
21Evil people join together against those who do what is right.
They sentence to death those who aren’t guilty of doing anything wrong.
22But the Lord has become like a fort to me.
My God is my rock. I go to him for safety.
23He will pay them back for their sins.
He will destroy them for their evil acts.
The Lord our God will destroy them.
Saamu 94
1Olúwa Ọlọ́run ẹni tí ń gbẹ̀san,
Ọlọ́run ẹni tí ń gbẹ̀san.
2Gbé ara rẹ sókè, ìwọ onídàájọ́ ayé;
san ẹ̀san fún agbéraga
ohun tí ó yẹ wọ́n.
3Báwo ní yóò ti pẹ́ tó,
Olúwa
tí àwọn ẹni búburú
yóò kọ orin ayọ̀?
4Wọ́n ń sọ̀rọ̀ ìgbéraga jáde;
gbogbo àwọn olùṣe búburú
kún fún ìṣògo.
5Wọ́n fọ́ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ túútúú, Olúwa:
wọ́n pọ́n ilẹ̀ ìní rẹ̀ lójú.
6Wọ́n pa àwọn opó àti àlejò,
wọ́n sì pa àwọn ọmọ aláìní baba,
7Wọ́n sọ pé, “Olúwa kò rí i;
Ọlọ́run Jakọbu kò sì kíyèsi i.”
8Kíyèsi i, ẹ̀yin aláìlóye nínú àwọn ènìyàn
ẹ̀yin aṣiwèrè, nígbà wo ni ẹ̀yin yóò lóye?
9Ẹni tí ó gbin etí, ó lè ṣe aláìgbọ́ bí?
Ẹni tí ó dá ojú?
Ó ha lè ṣe aláìríran bí?
10Ẹni tí ń bá orílẹ̀-èdè wí, ṣé kò lè tọ́ ni ṣọ́nà bí?
Ẹni tí ń kọ́ ènìyàn ha lè ṣàìní ìmọ̀ bí?
1194.11: 1Kọ 3.20.Olúwa mọ èrò inú ènìyàn;
ó mọ̀ pé asán ni wọ́n.
12Ìbùkún ni fún ènìyàn náà tí
ìwọ bá wí, Olúwa,
ẹni tí ìwọ kọ́ nínú òfin rẹ;
13Ìwọ gbà á kúrò nínú ọjọ́ ibi,
títí a ó fi wa ihò sílẹ̀ fún ẹni búburú.
14Nítorí Olúwa kò ní kọ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ sílẹ̀;
Òun kò sì ní kọ ilẹ̀ ìní rẹ̀ sílẹ̀.
15Ìdájọ́ yóò padà sí òdodo,
àti gbogbo àwọn ọlọ́kàn
dídúró ṣinṣin yóò tẹ̀lé e lẹ́yìn.
16Ta ni yóò dìde fún mi
sí àwọn olùṣe búburú?
Tàbí ta ni yóò dìde sí àwọn oníṣẹ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ fún mi?
17Bí kò ṣe pé Olúwa fún mi ní ìrànlọ́wọ́,
èmi fẹ́rẹ̀ máa gbé ní ilẹ̀ tí ó dákẹ́
18Nígbà tí mo sọ pé “Ẹsẹ̀ mi ń yọ̀”,
Olúwa, ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ ni ó tì mí lẹ́yìn.
19Nígbà tí àníyàn ńlá wà nínú mi,
ìtùnú rẹ̀ mú ayọ̀ sí ọkàn mi.
20Ìjọba ìbàjẹ́ ha lè kẹ́gbẹ́ pẹ̀lú rẹ
ẹni tí ń fi òfin dì mọ́ ìwà ìkà?
21Wọ́n kó ara wọn jọ sí olódodo
wọ́n sì ń dá àwọn aláìṣẹ̀ lẹ́bi sí ikú.
22Ṣùgbọ́n, Olúwa ti di odi alágbára mi,
àti Ọlọ́run mi ni àpáta nínú ẹni
tí mo ti ń gba ààbò.
23Òun yóò san ẹ̀san ibi wọn fún wọn
yóò sì pa wọ́n run nítorí búburú wọn
Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa yóò pa wọ́n run.
