Psalms 94

¹O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!

²Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!

³How long, O LORD! shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?

⁴How long shall their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?

⁵O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!

⁶They slay the widow, and the stranger, And murder the fatherless;

⁷And they say, "The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!"

⁸Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye be wise?

⁹He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

¹⁰He that chastiseth nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

¹¹The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, That they are vanity.

¹²Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;

¹³To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged for the wicked!

¹⁴For the LORD will not forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.

¹⁵For judgment shall return to justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?

¹⁷If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.

¹⁸When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.

¹⁹In the multitude of anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive my soul.

²⁰Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?

²¹They band together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.

²²But the LORD is my fortress, And my God the rock of my refuge.

²³He 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.

¹O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

²Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

³Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

⁴How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

⁵They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.

⁶They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

⁷Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

⁸Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

⁹He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

¹⁰He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

¹¹The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

¹²Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

¹³That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

¹⁴For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

¹⁷Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

¹⁸When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

¹⁹In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

²¹They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

²²But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

²³And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.