## Psalms Chapter 94

###### Psalms 94:1
[Psalms 94:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:1)

אֵל־נְקָמ֥וֹת יְהֹוָ֑ה אֵ֖ל נְקָמ֣וֹת הוֹפִֽיעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A G d of vengeance is the L rd; O G d of vengeance, shine forth.


###### Psalms 94:2
[Psalms 94:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:2)

הִ֭נָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵ֣ט הָאָ֑רֶץ הָשֵׁ֥ב גְּ֝מ֗וּל עַל־גֵּאִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lift up Thyself, Thou judge of the earth: render to the proud their recompense.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Be exalted, Judge of the earth; return recompense to the haughty!


###### Psalms 94:3
[Psalms 94:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:3)

עַד־מָתַ֖י רְשָׁעִ֥ים׀יְהֹוָ֑ה עַד־מָ֝תַ֗י רְשָׁעִ֥ים יַעֲלֹֽזוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How long will the wicked — O L rd — how long will the wicked rejoice?


###### Psalms 94:4
[Psalms 94:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:4)

יַבִּ֣יעוּ יְדַבְּר֣וּ עָתָ֑ק יִ֝תְאַמְּר֗וּ כׇּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[How long] will they speak, uttering arrogance? [How long] will they vaunt themselves, all the workers of iniquity?


###### Psalms 94:5
[Psalms 94:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:5)

עַמְּךָ֣ יְהֹוָ֣ה יְדַכְּא֑וּ וְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ֥ יְעַנּֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They crush Thy people, O Lord, and afflict Thy heritage.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your people, O L rd, they break; Your inheritance, they afflict.


###### Psalms 94:6
[Psalms 94:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:6)

אַלְמָנָ֣ה וְגֵ֣ר יַהֲרֹ֑גוּ וִ֖יתוֹמִ֣ים יְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They kill widow and stranger [i.e., proselyte] and they murder orphans.


###### Psalms 94:7
[Psalms 94:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:7)

וַ֭יֹּ֣אמְרוּ לֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־יָּ֑הּ וְלֹא־יָ֝בִ֗ין אֱלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, nor shall the God of Ya῾aqov regard it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they say: The L rd will not see; the G d of Jacob will not understand.


###### Psalms 94:8
[Psalms 94:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:8)

בִּ֭ינוּ בֹּעֲרִ֣ים בָּעָ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מָתַ֥י תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Understand, you brutish among the people: and fools, when will you be wise?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Understand, you brutish among the people. Fools, when will you be wise?


###### Psalms 94:9
[Psalms 94:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:9)

הֲנֹ֣טַֽע אֹ֭זֶן הֲלֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִֽם־יֹ֥צֵֽר עַ֝֗יִן הֲלֹ֣א יַבִּֽיט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He That planted the ear, shall he not hear? he That formed the eye, shall he not see?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The planter of the ear — Will He not hear [the outcry of His people]? The former of the eye — Will He not see [their pain]?


###### Psalms 94:10
[Psalms 94:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:10)

הֲיֹסֵ֣ר גּ֭וֹיִם הֲלֹ֣א יוֹכִ֑יחַ הַֽמְלַמֵּ֖ד אָדָ֣ם דָּֽעַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He That chastises nations, shall he not correct? he That teaches man knowledge?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The reprover of nations — Will He not chastise [you]? The teacher of knowledge to man — [Will He not hold you accountable for this knowledge?]


###### Psalms 94:11
[Psalms 94:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:11)

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה יֹ֭דֵעַ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָדָ֑ם כִּי־הֵ֥מָּה הָֽבֶל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd knows the thoughts of man [i.e., your presumptions to the crown] — [know] that they are vanity.


###### Psalms 94:12
[Psalms 94:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:12)

אַשְׁרֵ֤י**׀** הַגֶּ֣בֶר אֲשֶׁר־תְּיַסְּרֶ֣נּוּ יָּ֑הּ וּֽמִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ תְלַמְּדֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Blessed is the man whom Thou dost chasten, O Lord, and teachest him out of Thy Tora,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Happy is the man [i.e., the tzaddikim] whom You afflict [at their hands], O L rd, and whom You teach from Your Torah [i.e., who occupy themselves with Torah and mitzvoth in spite of their afflictions.]


###### Psalms 94:13
[Psalms 94:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:13)

לְהַשְׁקִ֣יט ל֭וֹ מִ֣ימֵי רָ֑ע עַ֤ד יִכָּרֶ֖ה לָרָשָׁ֣ע שָֽׁחַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that Thou mayst give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To grant him peace from days of evil [(afflictions sparing them Gehinnom)], while a pit is dug for the wicked.


###### Psalms 94:14
[Psalms 94:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:14)

כִּ֤י**׀** לֹא־יִטֹּ֣שׁ יְהֹוָ֣ה עַמּ֑וֹ וְ֝נַחֲלָת֗וֹ לֹ֣א יַעֲזֹֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the Lord will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the L rd will not forsake His people and He will not abandon His inheritance.


###### Psalms 94:15
[Psalms 94:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:15)

כִּֽי־עַד־צֶ֭דֶק יָשׁ֣וּב מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝אַחֲרָ֗יו כׇּל־יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For until righteousness [is attained (i.e., until they are purged)] judgment [i.e., afflictions] will return, and afterwards, all the just of heart [will gather for reward].


###### Psalms 94:16
[Psalms 94:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:16)

מִֽי־יָק֣וּם לִ֭י עִם־מְרֵעִ֑ים מִי־יִתְיַצֵּ֥ב לִ֝֗י עִם־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who [i.e., Whose merit] will arise for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?


###### Psalms 94:17
[Psalms 94:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:17)

לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הֹוָה עֶזְרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י כִּמְעַ֓ט**׀** שָׁכְנָ֖ה דוּמָ֣ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Were the L rd not a help to me, in but a short while my soul would dwell in silence.


###### Psalms 94:18
[Psalms 94:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:18)

אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי מָ֣טָה רַגְלִ֑י חַסְדְּךָ֥ יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה יִסְעָדֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When I said, My foot slips; Thy steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When I am about to say my foot has failed, the lovingkindness of the L rd sustains me.


###### Psalms 94:19
[Psalms 94:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:19)

בְּרֹ֣ב שַׂרְעַפַּ֣י בְּקִרְבִּ֑י תַּ֝נְחוּמֶ֗יךָ יְֽשַׁעַשְׁע֥וּ נַפְשִֽׁי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When my cares within me were many, Thy comforts would cheer my soul.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the welter of my [(troubled)] thoughts within me, Your consolations restore my soul.


###### Psalms 94:20
[Psalms 94:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:20)

הַֽ֭יְחׇבְרְךָ כִּסֵּ֣א הַוּ֑וֹת יֹצֵ֖ר עָמָ֣ל עֲלֵי־חֹֽק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall the seat of iniquity, framing mischief by law, have fellowship with Thee?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Will the throne of wrong be joined to You? the fashioning of deceit into statute?


###### Psalms 94:21
[Psalms 94:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:21)

יָ֭גוֹדּוּ עַל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וְדָ֖ם נָקִ֣י יַרְשִֽׁיעוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They gather in troops against the soul of the righteous one and condemn innocent blood.


###### Psalms 94:22
[Psalms 94:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:22)

וַיְהִ֬י יְהֹוָ֣ה לִ֣י לְמִשְׂגָּ֑ב וֵ֝אלֹהַ֗י לְצ֣וּר מַחְסִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the Lord has become my defence; and my God, the rock of my refuge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But the L rd was a stronghold to me; my G d, the rock of my shelter.


###### Psalms 94:23
[Psalms 94:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/94:23)

וַיָּ֤שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם**׀** אֶת־אוֹנָ֗ם וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he brings upon them their own iniquity, and he cuts them off in their own wickedness; the Lord our God cuts them off.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He turned their violence upon them. And by their [very] evil He will cut them off. The L rd our G d will cut them off.