Psalms 94
1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
How long, O LORD! 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 their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
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.
And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye 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 chastiseth nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, 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;
Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
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 give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged 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, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
For judgment shall return to justice, 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 wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.
18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.
19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
In the multitude of anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive my soul.
20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
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 life of the righteous, And condemn 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 fortress, And my God 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.
He will bring upon them their own iniquity; Yea, through their own wickedness he will cut them off; Yea, the LORD, our God, will cut them off.
