Psalms 94
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Psalm 94
1O Lord, God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, appear!
2Arise, O Judge of the earth.
Give arrogant people what they deserve.
3How long, O Lord, will wicked people triumph?
How long?
4They ramble.
They speak arrogantly.
All troublemakers brag about themselves.
5They crush your people, O Lord.
They make those who belong to you suffer.
6They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans.
7They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t even pay attention to it.”
8Pay attention, you stupid people!
When will you become wise, you fools?
9God created ears.
Do you think he can’t hear?
He formed eyes.
Do you think he can’t see?
10He disciplines nations.
Do you think he can’t punish?
He teaches people.
Do you think he doesn’t know anything?
11The Lord knows that people’s thoughts are pointless.
12O Lord, blessed is the person
whom you discipline and instruct from your teachings.
13You give him peace and quiet from times of trouble
while a pit is dug to trap wicked people.
14The Lord will never desert his people
or abandon those who belong to him.
15The decisions of judges will again become fair,
and everyone whose motives are decent will pursue justice.
16Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will stand by my side against troublemakers?
17If the Lord had not come to help me,
my soul would have quickly fallen silent ⌞in death⌟.
18When I said, “My feet are slipping,”
your mercy, O Lord, continued to hold me up.
19When I worried about many things,
your assuring words soothed my soul.
20Are wicked rulers who use the law to do unlawful things
able to be your partners?
21They join forces to take the lives of righteous people.
They condemn innocent people to death.
22The Lord has become my stronghold.
My God has become my rock of refuge.
23He has turned their own wickedness against them.
He will destroy them because of their sins.
The Lord our God will destroy them.
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Psalms 94
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PSALM 94
1O ·God#GodHebrew: El of vengeances, Jehovah, ·God#GodHebrew: El of vengeances, shine forth; 2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud. 3How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4How long shall they utter and speak insolence — all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? 5They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance; 6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless, 7And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God#GodHebrew: Elohim of Jacob regard it. 8Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? 10He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct — he that teacheth man knowledge? 11Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law; 13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 14For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance; 15For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. 16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity? 17If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. 18When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up. 19In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul. 20Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law? 21They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. 22But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God#GodHebrew: Elohim the rock of my refuge. 23And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God#GodHebrew: Elohim will cut them off.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.