Chapter 94
Adonai Is a Fortress and a Rock
The cry for Elohim the avenger to arise and for Adonai not to forsake His people finds its ultimate answer in Yeshua, whose second coming brings complete vindication.
- O Elohim of Vengeance, Shine Forth
When injustice burns, Tehillim 94 asks Elohim to shine forth as judge. He sees every hidden wrong.
- 1YHWH, you Elohim to whom vengeance belongs, you Elohim to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
- 2Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
- 3YHWH, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
- 4They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
- 5They break your people in pieces, YHWH, and afflict your heritage.
- 6They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
- 7They say, “YHWH will not see, neither will Jacob’s Elohim consider.”
- 8Consider, you senseless amongst the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
- 9He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
- 10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
- 11YHWH knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
- Blessed Is the One You Discipline
Discipline from Elohim is a blessing in disguise. The one He corrects, He hasn't abandoned — He's shaping.
- 12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, YHWH, and teach out of your law,
- 13that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
- 14For YHWH won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
- 15For judgement will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
- 16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
- 17Unless YHWH had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
- 18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your chesed, YHWH, held me up.
- 19In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
- 20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
- 21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
- 22But YHWH has been my high tower, my Elohim, the rock of my refuge.
- 23He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. YHWH, our Elohim, will cut them off.