Psalms 94
1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
Lift up yourself, you 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?
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
Understand, you brutish among the people: and you 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 that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall 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 that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?
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 vanity.
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 whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of 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.
That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dig 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 cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall 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 evildoers? or who will stand up 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 help, my soul had almost dwelled in silence.
18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.
19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.
20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?
21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my 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.
And he shall bring on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
