Psalms 94
1 O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render to the proud [their] desert.
Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long, O LORD! shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They prate, they speak arrogantly: all the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
How long shall their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
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 shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob consider.
And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, 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 the nations, shall not he correct, [even] he that teacheth man knowledge?
He that chastiseth nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, That they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest out of thy law;
Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged for the wicked!
14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For the LORD will not forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
For judgment shall return to justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.
If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive my soul.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by statute?
Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
They band together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.
22 But the LORD hath been my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.
But the LORD is my fortress, And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God shall cut them off.
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.
