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19 When worries threaten to overwhelm me,[a]
your soothing touch makes me happy.[b]
20 Cruel rulers[c] are not your allies,
those who make oppressive laws.[d]
21 They conspire against[e] the blameless,[f]
and condemn to death the innocent.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 94:19 tn Heb “when my worries are many within me.”
  2. Psalm 94:19 tn Heb “your comforts cause my soul to delight.”
  3. Psalm 94:20 tn Heb “a throne of destruction.” “Throne” stands here by metonymy for rulers who occupy thrones.
  4. Psalm 94:20 tn Heb “Is a throne of destruction united to you, one that forms trouble upon a statute?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “Of course not!” The translation, while not preserving the interrogative form of the statement, reflects its rhetorical force.
  5. Psalm 94:21 tn Or “attack.”
  6. Psalm 94:21 tn Heb “the life of the blameless.”
  7. Psalm 94:21 tn Heb “and the blood of the innocent they declare guilty.”

19 When anxiety(A) was great within me,
    your consolation(B) brought me joy.

20 Can a corrupt throne(C) be allied with you—
    a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?(D)
21 The wicked band together(E) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent(F) to death.(G)

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