Psalms 94
1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
2 Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
5 They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.
Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
8 Understand, you brutish among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?
Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
10 He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?
He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
12 Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
13 That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dig for the wicked.
So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
15 But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelled in silence.
If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
18 When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.
If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.
Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?
What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
22 But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
23 And he shall bring on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
