Psalm 93–95

Psalm 93

The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.

²Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.

³How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?

⁴Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?

⁵Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.

⁶They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.

⁷And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

⁸Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.

⁹He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?

¹⁰He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?

¹¹The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

¹²Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.

¹³That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.

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

¹⁵Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.

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

¹⁷Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.

¹⁸If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

¹⁹According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.

²⁰Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?

²¹They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.

²²But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.

²³And he will render them their iniquity:and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalm 94

Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.

²Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

³For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

⁴For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his.

⁵For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

⁶Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.

⁷For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

⁸To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

⁹As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

¹⁰Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart.

¹¹And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

Psalm 95

¹A canticle for David himself, when the house was built after the captivity.

Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: sing to the Lord, all the earth.

²Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation from day to day.

³Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all people.

⁴For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

⁵For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

⁶Praise and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty in his sanctuary.

⁷Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour:

⁸Bring to the Lord glory unto his name. Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts:

⁹Adore ye the Lord in his holy court. Let all the earth be moved at his presence.

¹⁰Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice.

¹¹Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof:

¹²The fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful. Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice

¹³before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.