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21 They conspire against[a] the blameless,[b]
and condemn to death the innocent.[c]
22 But the Lord will protect me,[d]
and my God will shelter me.[e]
23 He will pay them back for their sin.[f]
He will destroy them because of[g] their evil;
the Lord our God will destroy them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 94:21 tn Or “attack.”
  2. Psalm 94:21 tn Heb “the life of the blameless.”
  3. Psalm 94:21 tn Heb “and the blood of the innocent they declare guilty.”
  4. Psalm 94:22 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.
  5. Psalm 94:22 tn Heb “and my God [has become] a rocky summit of my safety.”
  6. Psalm 94:23 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.
  7. Psalm 94:23 tn Or “in.”