Psalm 94

PSALM 94

God of Vengeance, Shine Forth

¹O Yahweh, God of ^1avengeance,

God of ²vengeance, ^3bshine forth!

^2aBe lifted up, O ^bJudge of the earth,

Render recompense ^cto the proud.

³How long shall the wicked, O Yahweh,

How long shall the ^awicked exult?

⁴They pour forth words, they ^aspeak arrogantly;

All workers of iniquity ^bvaunt themselves.

⁵They ^acrush Your people, O Yahweh,

And ^bafflict Your inheritance.

⁶They ^aslay the widow and the sojourner

And murder the orphans.

^7aThey have said, “Yah does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob discern.”

⁸Discern, you ^asenseless among the people;

And when will you have insight, ^byou fools?

⁹He who ^aplanted the ear, ¹does He not hear?

He who formed the eye, ²does He not see?

¹⁰He who ^1adisciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,

Even He who ^bteaches man knowledge?

¹¹Yahweh ^aknows the thoughts of man,

¹That they are vanity.

¹²Blessed is the man whom ^aYou discipline, O Yah,

And ^bwhom You teach out of Your law;

¹³That You may grant him ^acalm from the ^bdays of calamity,

Until ^ca pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For ^aYahweh will not abandon His people,

Nor will He ^bforsake His inheritance.

¹⁵For ^1ajudgment will ²again be righteous,

And all the upright in heart will ³follow it.

¹⁶Who will ^aarise for me against evildoers?

Who will take his stand for me ^bagainst workers of iniquity?

¹⁷If ^aYahweh had not been my help,

My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

¹⁸If I should say, “^aMy foot has stumbled,”

Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, will hold me up.

¹⁹When my anxious thoughts ¹multiply within me,

Your ^aconsolations delight my soul.

²⁰Can a ^1athrone of destruction be allied with You,

One ^bwhich forms ²trouble by statute?

²¹They ^aband themselves together against the ¹life of the righteous

And ^bcondemn ²the innocent to death.

²²But Yahweh has been my ^astronghold,

And my God the ^brock of my refuge.

²³He has ^abrought back their ¹iniquity upon them

And will ^2bdestroy them in their evil;

Yahweh our God will ³destroy them.