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Psalm 94

1O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
1LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
2Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
3LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
4They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
5They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
5They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
6They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
7They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
9He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
9He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
10He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
13to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
13that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
14For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
17Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
19When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
22But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
23He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.