Psalm 94
Psalm 9411
94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!
O God who avenges, reveal your splendor!1
94:2 Rise up, O judge of the earth!
Pay back the proud!
94:3 O Lord, how long will the wicked,
how long will the wicked celebrate?2
94:4 They spew out threats3 and speak defiantly;
all the evildoers boast.4
94:5 O Lord, they crush your people;
they oppress the nation that belongs to you.5
94:6 They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land,
and they murder the fatherless.6
94:7 Then they say, “The Lord does not see this;
the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”7
94:8 Take notice of this,8 you ignorant people!9
You fools, when will you ever understand?
94:9 Does the one who makes the human ear not hear?
Does the one who forms the human eye not see?10
94:10 Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish?
He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!
peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.11
94:12 How blessed is the one12 whom you instruct, O Lord,
the one whom you teach from your law,
94:13 in order to protect him from times of trouble,13
until the wicked are destroyed.14
94:14 Certainly15 the Lord does not forsake his people;
he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.16
94:15 For justice will prevail,17
and all the morally upright18 will be vindicated.19
94:16 Who will rise up to defend me20 against the wicked?
Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?21
94:17 If the Lord had not helped me,
I would have laid down in the silence of death.22
94:18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.
94:19 When worries threaten to overwhelm me,23
your soothing touch makes me happy.24
94:20 Cruel rulers25 are not your allies,
those who make oppressive laws.26
94:21 They conspire against27 the blameless,28
and condemn to death the innocent.29
94:22 But the Lord will protect me,30
and my God will shelter me.31
94:23 He will pay them back for their sin.32
He will destroy them because of33 their evil;
the Lord our God will destroy them.