Psalms
Chapter 94World English Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
3LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
4They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
5They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
6They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
9He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
13that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16Who 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 wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally - one devising mischief by decree?
21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
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.
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
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