Psalms 94
1 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
2 Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
Understand, you brutish among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
13 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dig for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. (questioned)
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelled in silence.
18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.
20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?
21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
23 And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy 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.
