Psalms 94

1 LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.

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

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

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

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

4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

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

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

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

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

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

7 They say, "The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."

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

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

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?

9 He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?

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

10 He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall he not know]?

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

The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your Law;

Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

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

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

14 For the LORD won't reject 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 judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

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

Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

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

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

18 When I said, "My foot is slipping." Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

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

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

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

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

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

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

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

But the LORD is my defense; and my God [is] the rock of my refuge.

23 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.

And he will bring upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness; [yes], the LORD our God will cut them off.