Psalm 94
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1O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs— O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!1O LORD, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor!
2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; Render punishment to the proud.2Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud!
3LORD, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph?3O LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate?
4They utter speech, and speak insolent things; All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.4They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.
5They break in pieces Your people, O LORD, And afflict Your heritage.5O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.
6They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.6They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.
7Yet they say, “The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand.”7Then they say, "The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it."
8Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise?8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?
9He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?9Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?
10He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge?10Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!
11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.11The LORD knows that peoples' thoughts are morally bankrupt.
12Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD, And teach out of Your law,12How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law,
13That You may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked.13in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.
14For the LORD will not cast off His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance.14Certainly the LORD does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.
15But judgment will return to righteousness, And all the upright in heart will follow it.15For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated.
16Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?16Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
17Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence.17If the LORD had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.
18If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up.18If I say, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O LORD, supports me.
19In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.19When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.
20Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You?20Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.
21They gather together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.
22But the LORD has been my defense, And my God the rock of my refuge.22But the LORD will protect me, and my God will shelter me.
23He has brought on them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own wickedness; The LORD our God shall cut them off.23He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the LORD our God will destroy them.
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