Psalm 94

PSALM 94

The Lord Implored to Avenge His People.

¹O Lord, God of ^1avengeance,

God of vengeance, ^2bshine forth!

^2aRise up, O ^bJudge of the earth,

Render recompense ^cto the proud.

³How long shall the wicked, O Lord,

How long shall the ^awicked exult?

⁴They pour forth words, they ^aspeak arrogantly;

All who do wickedness ^bvaunt themselves.

⁵They ^acrush Your people, O Lord,

And ^bafflict Your heritage.

⁶They ^aslay the widow and the ¹stranger

And murder the orphans.

^7aThey have said, “¹The Lord does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”

⁸Pay heed, you ^asenseless among the people;

And when will you understand, stupid ones?

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

He who formed the eye, does He not see?

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

Even He who ^bteaches man knowledge?

¹¹The Lord ^aknows the thoughts of man,

¹That they are a mere breath.

¹²Blessed is the man whom ^aYou chasten, O ¹Lord,

And ^bwhom You teach out of Your law;

¹³That You may grant him ^arelief from the ^bdays of adversity,

Until ^ca pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For ^athe Lord will not abandon His people,

Nor will He ^bforsake His inheritance.

¹⁵For ^1ajudgment ²will again be righteous,

And all the upright in heart ³will follow it.

¹⁶Who will ^astand up for me against evildoers?

Who will take his stand for me ^bagainst those who do wickedness?

¹⁷If ^athe Lord had not been my help,

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

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

Your lovingkindness, O Lord, 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 devises ²mischief by decree?

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

And ^bcondemn ²the innocent to death.

²²But the Lord has been my ^astronghold,

And my God the ^brock of my refuge.

²³He has ^abrought back their wickedness upon them

And will ^1bdestroy them in their evil;

The Lord our God will destroy them.