Psalms 94
1 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
2 Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
How long, O LORD! 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 their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
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.
And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye 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 chastiseth nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, That they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
13 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged 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 forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
15 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
For judgment shall return to justice, 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 wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
17 Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. (questioned)
If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.
18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth 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 anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive my soul.
20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
They band together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.
22 But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
But the LORD is my fortress, And my God 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.
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.
