Psalms 94

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

O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.

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

Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

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

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

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

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

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

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

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

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

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

Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

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

Understand, all of you brutish among the people: and all of you fools, when will all of you be wise?

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

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

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

He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?

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

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

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

Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him 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 be dug for the wicked.

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

For the LORD will not cast off 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.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and 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 evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

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

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

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

When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O 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 iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?

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 is my defence; and my God is 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.

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.