Psalms 94
1 LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
2 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
3 LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
5 They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
6 They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
7 They say, "The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."
And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
8 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
9 He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?
Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
10 He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your Law;
Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
14 For the LORD won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
15 For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
18 When I said, "My foot is slipping." Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
22 But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
23 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.
And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
