Psalms 94
1 O God, of vengeance, Lord! O God of vengeance, shine forth.
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud.
Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves.
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 Thy people, O Lord! they crush, and thy heritage they afflict.
They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6 The widow and the stranger they slay, and the fatherless they murder.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, The Lord will not see, and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it.
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent!
Understand, you brutish among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?
9 He that hath planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that hath 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 He that admonisheth nations, shall he not correct? is it not he that teacheth man knowledge!
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law:
Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
13 That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil, until the pot be dug for the wicked.
That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dig for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, and his inheritance will he not forsake.
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For unto righteousness will justice return; and it shall be followed by all the upright in heart.
But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against evil-doers? or who will stand forward for me against the workers of wickedness?
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 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.
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelled in silence.
18 When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my [painful] thoughts within me, thy consolations delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.
20 Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?
21 They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood do they condemn.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the Lord is become my defence, and my God, the rock of my refuge.
But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
23 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.
And he shall bring on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
