Psalms 94
1 O God, of vengeance, Lord! O God of vengeance, shine forth.
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud.
Lift up thyself, thou 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 thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy 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 will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent!
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye 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 chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall he not know]?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought.
The LORD knoweth 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 thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
13 That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil, until the pot be dug for the wicked.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged 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 evil-doers? [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 dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy 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, thy 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 thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
21 They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood do they condemn.
They assemble themselves 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 will bring upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness; [yes], the LORD our God will cut them off.
