Psalms 94

1 O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.

LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

2 Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.

Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

3 Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

4 They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

5 They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.

They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.

6 They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.

They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.

They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”

8 Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

9 Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

He who implanted the ear, will not he hear? He who formed the eye, will not he see?

10 Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?

He who disciplines the nations, will not he punish? He who teaches man knows.

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.

The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

12 Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,

13 That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

14 Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

For the LORD will not reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15 For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after it.

For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

16 Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

17 If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

18 When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.

When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.

19 In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

20 Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But the Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rocke of mine hope.

But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

23 And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.

He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.