Psalms 94
1 O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.
2 Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 How long, O LORD! shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 How long shall their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
[How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage.
6 They slay the widow, and the stranger, And murder the fatherless;
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
Yet they say, The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
8 Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye be wise?
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that 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 chastiseth nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
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 men, That they are vanity.
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
12 Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
13 To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged 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 forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment shall return to justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
But judgment shall return to righteousness: and 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 evil-doers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
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 had almost dwelt in silence.
18 When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O 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, thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
21 They band together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.
They assemble themselves 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 is my defense; and my God [is] 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.
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.
