Psalms 94
1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.
O God, of vengeance, Lord! O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud.
3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?
4 [How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves.
5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage.
Thy people, O Lord! they crush, and thy heritage they afflict.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
The widow and the stranger they slay, and the fatherless they murder.
7 Yet they say, The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
And they say, The Lord will not see, and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent!
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He that hath planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that hath formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall he not know]?
He that admonisheth nations, shall he not correct? is it not he that teacheth man knowledge!
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought.
12 Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law:
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil, until the pot be dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For the Lord will not cast off his people, and his inheritance will he not forsake.
15 But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
For unto righteousness will justice return; and it shall be followed by all the upright in heart.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against evil-doers? or who will stand forward for me against the workers of wickedness?
17 Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
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.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my [painful] thoughts within me, thy consolations delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law?
21 They assemble themselves against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood do they condemn.
22 But the LORD is my defense; and my God [is] the rock of my refuge.
But the Lord is become my defence, and my God, the rock of my refuge.
23 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.
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.
