Psalms 94

1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.

LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

2 Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

5 They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.

They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.

6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”

8 Understand, all of you brutish among the people: and all of you fools, when will all of you be wise?

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

He who implanted the ear, will not he hear? He who formed the eye, will not he see?

10 He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?

He who disciplines the nations, will not he punish? He who teaches man knows.

11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

12 Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,

13 That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dug for the wicked.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

For the LORD will not reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

18 When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.

When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.

19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.