Psalms 94
1 O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.
O God, of vengeance, Lord! O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud.
3 Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?
4 They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves.
5 They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
Thy people, O Lord! they crush, and thy heritage they afflict.
6 They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
The widow and the stranger they slay, and the fatherless they murder.
7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.
And they say, The Lord will not see, and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it.
8 Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent!
9 Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He that hath planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that hath formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?
He that admonisheth nations, shall he not correct? is it not he that teacheth man knowledge!
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought.
12 Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law:
13 That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.
That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil, until the pot be dug for the wicked.
14 Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For the Lord will not cast off his people, and his inheritance will he not forsake.
15 For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after it.
For unto righteousness will justice return; and it shall be followed by all the upright in heart.
16 Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?
Who will rise up for me against evil-doers? or who will stand forward for me against the workers of wickedness?
17 If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
Unless the Lord had been a help unto me, but a little would have been wanting that my soul had dwelt in the silence of death.
18 When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.
In the multitude of my [painful] thoughts within me, thy consolations delight my soul.
20 Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law?
21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood do they condemn.
22 But the Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rocke of mine hope.
But the Lord is become my defence, and my God, the rock of my refuge.
23 And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.
And he will bring back upon them their own injustice, and in their own wickedness will he destroy them: [yea], he will destroy them—the Lord our God.
