Psummer of Psalms: Psalm 94

Psalm 94

[1] O LORD, God of vengeance,

O God of vengeance, shine forth!

[2] Rise up, O judge of the earth;

repay to the proud what they deserve!

[3] O LORD, how long shall the wicked,

how long shall the wicked exult?

[4] They pour out their arrogant words;

all the evildoers boast.

[5] They crush your people, O LORD,

and afflict your heritage.

[6] They kill the widow and the sojourner,

and murder the fatherless;

[7] and they say, “The LORD does not see;

the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

[8] Understand, O dullest of the people!

Fools, when will you be wise?

[9] He who planted the ear, does he not hear?

He who formed the eye, does he not see?

[10] He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?

He who teaches man knowledge—

[11] the LORD—knows the thoughts of man,

that they are but a breath.

[12] Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD,

and whom you teach out of your law,

[13] to give him rest from days of trouble,

until a pit is dug for the wicked.

[14] For the LORD will not forsake his people;

he will not abandon his heritage;

[15] for justice will return to the righteous,

and all the upright in heart will follow it.

[16] Who rises up for me against the wicked?

Who stands up for me against evildoers?

[17] If the LORD had not been my help,

my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

[18] When I thought, “My foot slips,”

your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.

[19] When the cares of my heart are many,

your consolations cheer my soul.

[20] Can wicked rulers be allied with you,

those who frame injustice by statute?

[21] They band together against the life of the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.

[22] But the LORD has become my stronghold,

and my God the rock of my refuge.

[23] He will bring back on them their iniquity

and wipe them out for their wickedness;

the LORD our God will wipe them out. (ESV)