Psalm 94
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1O LORD, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! 1 LORD, God of vengeance-- God of vengeance, appear.
2Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud! 2Rise up, Judge of the earth; repay the proud what they deserve.
3O LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate? 3 LORD, how long will the wicked-- how long will the wicked gloat?
4They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast. 4They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
5O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you. 5 LORD, they crush Your people; they afflict Your heritage.
6They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless. 6They kill the widow and the foreigner and murder the fatherless.
7Then they say, "The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it." 7They say, "The LORD doesn't see it. The God of Jacob doesn't pay attention."
8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand? 8Pay attention, you stupid people! Fools, when will you be wise?
9Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see? 9Can the One who shaped the ear not hear, the One who formed the eye not see?
10Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings! 10The One who instructs nations, the One who teaches man knowledge-- does He not discipline?
11The LORD knows that peoples' thoughts are morally bankrupt. 11The LORD knows man's thoughts; they are meaningless.
12How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law, 12 LORD, happy is the man You discipline and teach from Your law
13in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed. 13to give him relief from troubled times until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14Certainly the LORD does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. 14The LORD will not forsake His people or abandon His heritage,
15For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated. 15for justice will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? 16Who stands up for me against the wicked? Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?
17If the LORD had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death. 17If the LORD had not been my helper, I would soon rest in the silence of death.
18If I say, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O LORD, supports me. 18If I say, "My foot is slipping," Your faithful love will support me, LORD.
19When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy. 19When I am filled with cares, Your comfort brings me joy.
20Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws. 20Can a corrupt throne-- one that creates trouble by law-- become Your ally?
21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent. 21They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22But the LORD will protect me, and my God will shelter me. 22But the LORD is my refuge; my God is the rock of my protection.
23He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the LORD our God will destroy them. 23He will pay them back for their sins and destroy them for their evil. The LORD our God will destroy them.
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