Psalms 94
1 O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
O God, of vengeance, Lord! O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud.
3 How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?
4 They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves.
5 They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
Thy people, O Lord! they crush, and thy heritage they afflict.
6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
The widow and the stranger they slay, and the fatherless they murder.
7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
And they say, The Lord will not see, and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it.
8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent!
9 He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
He that hath planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that hath formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
He that admonisheth nations, shall he not correct? is it not he that teacheth man knowledge!
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought.
12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law:
13 to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil, until the pot be dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
For the Lord will not cast off his people, and his inheritance will he not forsake.
15 Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
For unto righteousness will justice return; and it shall be followed by all the upright in heart.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against evil-doers? or who will stand forward for me against the workers of wickedness?
17 Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
Unless the Lord had been a help unto me, but a little would have been wanting that my soul had dwelt in the silence of death.
18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
19 When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
In the multitude of my [painful] thoughts within me, thy consolations delight my soul.
20 Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law?
21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood do they condemn.
22 But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
But the Lord is become my defence, and my God, the rock of my refuge.
23 He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
And he will bring back upon them their own injustice, and in their own wickedness will he destroy them: [yea], he will destroy them—the Lord our God.
