Psalms94

¹O Lord, God of vengeance , O God of vengeance , shine forth !

²Rise up , O judge of the earth ; repay to the proud what they deserve !

³O Lord, how long shall the wicked , how long shall the wicked exult ?

⁴They pour out their arrogant words ; all the evildoers boast .

⁵They crush your people , O Lord, and afflict your heritage .

⁶They kill the widow and the sojourner , and murder the fatherless ;

⁷and they say , The Lord does not see ; the God of Jacob does not perceive .

⁸Understand , O dullest of the people ! Fools , when will you be wise ?

⁹He who planted the ear , does he not hear ? He who formed the eye , does he not see ?

¹⁰He who disciplines the nations , does he not rebuke ? He who teaches man knowledge —

¹¹the Lord — knows the thoughts of man , that they are but a breath .

¹²Blessed is the man whom you discipline , O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law ,

¹³to give him rest from days of trouble , until a pit is dug for the wicked .

¹⁴For the Lord will not forsake his people ; he will not abandon his heritage ;

¹⁵for justice will return to the righteous , and all the upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶Who rises up for me against the wicked ? Who stands up for me against evildoers ?

¹⁷If the Lord had not been my help , my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence .

¹⁸When I thought , My foot slips , your steadfast love , O Lord, held me up .

¹⁹When the cares of my heart are many , your consolations cheer my soul .

²⁰Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute ?

²¹They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death .

²²But the Lord has become my stronghold , and my God the rock of my refuge .

²³He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness ; the Lord our God will wipe them out .