Psalms 94
1 O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.
O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
2 Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
3 Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long, O LORD! shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
How long shall their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
5 They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
6 They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
They slay the widow, and the stranger, And murder the fatherless;
7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.
And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
8 Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye be wise?
9 Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that 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 chastiseth nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, That they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
13 That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.
To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged for the wicked!
14 Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For the LORD will not forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
15 For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after it.
For judgment shall return to justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
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 the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
17 If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.
18 When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.
In the multitude of anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive my soul.
20 Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the 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 is the rocke of mine hope.
But the LORD is my fortress, 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.
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.
