Verse 22
Psalms 94:22
Literal Standard Version
22
And YHWH is for a high place to me, || And my God (Elohim) is for a rock—my refuge,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֬י יְהוָ֣ה לִ֣/י לְ/מִשְׂגָּ֑ב וֵ֝/אלֹהַ֗/י לְ/צ֣וּר מַחְסִֽ/י
English Translation
And the LORD was to me a refuge, and my God a rock of my protection.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 94 Context
1
God (Elohim) of vengeance—YHWH! God (Elohim) of vengeance, shine forth.
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Be lifted up, judging the earth, || Send back a repayment on the proud.
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Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
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They utter—they speak arrogance, || All working iniquity boast about themselves.
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Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, || And they afflict Your inheritance.
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They slay widow and sojourner, || And they murder fatherless ones.
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And they say, “YAH does not see, || And the God (Elohim) of Jacob does not consider.”
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Consider, you brutish among the people, || And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
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9
He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
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10
He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge is YHWH.
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He knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
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O the blessedness of the man || Whom You instruct, O YAH, || And teach him out of Your law,
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To give rest to him from days of evil, || While a pit is dug for the wicked.
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For YHWH does not leave His people, || And does not forsake His inheritance.
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For judgment turns back to righteousness, || And after it all the upright of heart.
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Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
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Unless YHWH were a help to me, || My soul had almost inhabited silence.
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If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” || Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
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In the abundance of my thoughts within me, || Your comforts delight my soul.
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Is a throne of mischief joined with You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
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They decree against the soul of the righteous, || And declare innocent blood wicked.
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And YHWH is for a high place to me, || And my God (Elohim) is for a rock—my refuge,
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And He turns back their iniquity on them, || And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God (Elohim)...
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