Psalms 94
1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
10 He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
13 So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
23 And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
