Psalms 94
1 The Lord is a God of vengeance! God of vengeance, shine out!
O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.
2 Stand up, judge of the earth, and pay back those who are proud what they deserve.
Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
3 How long, Lord? How long will the wicked celebrate in triumph?
Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 How long will you let them pour out their arrogant words? How long will these evil people go on boasting?
They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
5 Lord, they crush your people; they oppress those you call your own.
They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
6 They kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.
They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
7 They say, “The Lord can't see what we're doing. Israel's God doesn't pay any attention to us.”
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.
8 Take another look, you stupid people! Fools—when will you ever get the point?
Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
9 Do you think the creator of the ear can't hear? Do you think the maker of the eye can't see?
Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 Do you think that the one who punishes nations won't punish you too? Do you think that the one who teaches human beings knowledge doesn't know anything?
Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of human beings—he knows they are pointless.
The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
12 Those you discipline are happy, Lord; those you teach from your Law.
Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
13 You give them peace in days of trouble, until a pit is dug to trap the wicked.
That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not give up on his people; he will not abandon his own.
Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 Justice will once again be based on what is right; those who are sincere will support it.
For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after it.
16 Who came to my defense against the wicked; who stood up for me against those who do evil?
Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?
17 If the Lord hadn't helped me, I would have soon gone down into the silence of the grave.
If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
18 I shouted out, “My foot's slipping!” and your trustworthy love, Lord, kept me from falling.
When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
19 When my mind was full of worries, you comforted me and encouraged me.
In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.
20 Can unjust judges really be on your side, Lord, when their corrupt use of the law causes misery?
Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
21 They work together to destroy good people; they condemn those who are innocent to death.
They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
22 But the Lord protects me like a fortress; my God is the rock that keeps me safe.
But the Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rocke of mine hope.
23 He will turn the wickedness of evil people back upon them; he will destroy them because of their sins; the Lord our God will destroy them.
And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.
