Psalm 94

Psalm 94

¹The Lord is a God who avenges.^c

O God who avenges, shine forth.^d

²Rise up,^e Judge^f of the earth;

pay back^g to the proud what they deserve.

³How long, Lord, will the wicked,

how long will the wicked be jubilant?^h

⁴They pour out arrogantⁱ words;

all the evildoers are full of boasting.^j

⁵They crush your people,^k Lord;

they oppress your inheritance.^l

⁶They slay the widow^m and the foreigner;

they murder the fatherless.ⁿ

⁷They say, “The Lord does not see;^o

the God of Jacob^p takes no notice.”

⁸Take notice, you senseless ones^q among the people;

you fools, when will you become wise?

⁹Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?

Does he who formed the eye not see?^r

¹⁰Does he who disciplines^s nations not punish?

Does he who teaches^t mankind lack knowledge?

¹¹The Lord knows all human plans;^u

he knows that they are futile.^v

¹²Blessed is the one you discipline,^w Lord,

the one you teach^x from your law;

¹³you grant them relief from days of trouble,^y

till a pit^z is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For the Lord will not reject his people;^a

he will never forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,^b

and all the upright in heart^c will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up^d for me against the wicked?

Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?^e

¹⁷Unless the Lord had given me help,^f

I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^g

¹⁸When I said, “My foot is slipping,^h”

your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.

¹⁹When anxietyⁱ was great within me,

your consolation^j brought me joy.

²⁰Can a corrupt throne^k be allied with you—

a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?^l

²¹The wicked band together^m against the righteous

and condemn the innocentⁿ to death.^o

²²But the Lord has become my fortress,

and my God the rock^p in whom I take refuge.^q

²³He will repay^r them for their sins

and destroy^s them for their wickedness;

the Lord our God will destroy them.