Psalm 94

Psalm 94

¹O Lord God, ^ato whom vengeance belongs—

O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

²Rise up, O ^bJudge of the earth;

¹Render punishment to the proud.

³Lord, ^chow long will the wicked,

How long will the wicked triumph?

⁴They ^dutter speech, and speak insolent things;

All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.

⁵They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,

And afflict Your heritage.

⁶They slay the widow and the stranger,

And murder the fatherless.

^7eYet they say, “The Lord does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob ²understand.”

⁸Understand, you senseless among the people;

And you fools, when will you be wise?

^9fHe who planted the ear, shall He not hear?

He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

¹⁰He who ³instructs the ⁴nations, shall He not correct,

He who teaches man knowledge?

¹¹The Lord ^gknows the thoughts of man,

That they are futile.

¹²Blessed is the man whom You ^hinstruct, O Lord,

And teach out of Your law,

¹³That You may give him ⁵rest from the days of adversity,

Until the pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For the Lord will not ⁶cast off His people,

Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

¹⁵But judgment will return to righteousness,

And all the upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?

Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

¹⁷Unless the Lord had been my help,

My soul would soon have settled in silence.

¹⁸If I say, “My foot slips,”

Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.

¹⁹In the multitude of my anxieties within me,

Your comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Shall ⁱthe throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,

Have fellowship with You?

²¹They gather together against the life of the righteous,

And condemn ^jinnocent blood.

²²But the Lord has been my defense,

And my God the rock of my refuge.

²³He has brought on them their own iniquity,

And shall ⁷cut them off in their own wickedness;

The Lord our God shall cut them off.