Psalm 93

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.