Psalms 94
1 O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
2 Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3 How long, O LORD! 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 their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
5 O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
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 And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
They say, "The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."
8 Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye 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, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?
10 He that chastiseth nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, That they are vanity.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12 Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your Law;
13 To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged 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 forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
For the LORD won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment shall return to justice, 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 wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
17 If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
18 When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.
When I said, "My foot is slipping." Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
19 In the multitude of anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
21 They band together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the LORD is my fortress, And my God the rock of my refuge.
But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
23 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.
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.
