Psalms 94:21-23

94:21 They conspire against ¹  the blameless, ² 

and condemn to death the innocent. ³ 

94:22 But the Lord will protect me, ⁴ 

and my God will shelter me. ⁵ 

94:23 He will pay them back for their sin. ⁶ 

He will destroy them because of ⁷  their evil;

the Lord our God will destroy them.

[94:21]  ¹ tn Or “attack.”

[94:21]  ² tn Heb “the life of the blameless.”

[94:21]  ³ tn Heb “and the blood of the innocent they declare guilty.”

[94:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the Lord has become my elevated place.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive is used in a rhetorical sense, describing an anticipated development as if it were already reality.

[94:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “and my God [has become] a rocky summit of my safety.”

[94:23]  ⁷ tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive is used in a rhetorical sense, describing an anticipated development as if it were already reality.

[94:23]  ⁸ tn Or “in.”