Psalm 94

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

94O Lord, God of ^pvengeance,

O God of vengeance, ^qshine forth!

^2rRise up, O ^sjudge of the earth;

repay to the ^tproud what they deserve!

³O Lord, ^uhow long shall the wicked,

how long shall ^vthe wicked exult?

⁴They pour out their ^warrogant words;

all ^xthe evildoers boast.

⁵They ^ycrush your people, O Lord,

and afflict your heritage.

⁶They kill ^zthe widow and the sojourner,

and murder ^zthe fatherless;

^7aand they say, “The Lord does not see;

the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

^8bUnderstand, O dullest of the people!

Fools, when will you be wise?

^9cHe who planted the ear, does he not hear?

He who formed the eye, does he not see?

¹⁰He who ^ddisciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?

He who ^eteaches man knowledge—

^11fthe Lord—knows the thoughts of man,

that they are ^gbut a breath.¹

^12hBlessed is the man whom you ⁱdiscipline, O Lord,

and whom you teach out of your law,

¹³to give him ^jrest from ^kdays of trouble,

until ^la pit is dug for the wicked.

^14mFor the Lord will not forsake his ⁿpeople;

he will not abandon his ⁿheritage;

¹⁵for ^ojustice will return to the righteous,

and all the upright in heart will ^pfollow it.

^16qWho rises up for me against the wicked?

Who stands up for me against evildoers?

^17rIf the Lord had not been my help,

my soul would soon have lived in the land of ^ssilence.

¹⁸When I thought, ^t“My foot slips,”

your steadfast love, O Lord, ^uheld me up.

¹⁹When the cares of my heart are many,

your consolations cheer my soul.

²⁰Can ^wwicked rulers be allied with you,

those who frame² injustice by ^xstatute?

²¹They ^yband together against the life of the righteous

and condemn ^zthe innocent to death.³

²²But the Lord has become my ^astronghold,

and my God ^bthe rock of my ^crefuge.

²³He will bring back on them ^dtheir iniquity

and ^ewipe them out for their wickedness;

the Lord our God will wipe them out.