Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance, LORD! God of vengeance, shine forth!
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth! Repay the proud for what they deserve.
3 How long, LORD? How long will the wicked triumph?
4 They pour out arrogant words; all who practice evil boast.
5 They crush your people, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6 They kill the widow and the resident foreigner, and murder the orphans.
7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not notice.”
8 Understand, you most senseless people! Fools, when will you become wise?
9 Does the one who planted the ear not hear? Does the one who formed the eye not see?
10 Will the one who corrects the nations not rebuke them? He is the one who teaches knowledge to human beings.
11 The LORD knows human thoughts: they are a breath.
12 Blessed is the person you discipline, LORD, and whom you teach from your Law.
13 In this way you give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not abandon his people; he will not forsake his heritage.
15 For justice will once again be just, and all who are upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against evildoers? Who will stand beside me against those who practice evil?
17 If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in silence.
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your steadfast love, LORD, upheld me.
19 When many anxieties filled me within, your consolations brought joy to my soul.
20 Can the throne of destruction be your ally, the one that creates oppression by decree?
21 They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.
22 But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 He will repay them for their wickedness and destroy them for their evil; the LORD our God will destroy them.
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