Psalms 94
94
1-2 God, put an end to evil;
avenging God, show your colors!
Judge of the earth, take your stand;
throw the book at the arrogant.
3-4 God, the wicked get away with murder—
how long will you let this go on?
They brag and boast
and crow about their crimes!
5-7They walk all over your people, God,
exploit and abuse your precious people.
They take out anyone who gets in their way;
if they can’t use them, they kill them.
They think, “God isn’t looking,
Jacob’s God is out to lunch.”
8-11Well, think again, you idiots,
fools—how long before you get smart?
Do you think Ear-Maker doesn’t hear,
Eye-Shaper doesn’t see?
Do you think the trainer of nations doesn’t correct,
the teacher of Adam doesn’t know?
God knows, all right—
knows your stupidity,
sees your shallowness.
12-15How blessed the man you train, God,
the woman you instruct in your Word,
Providing a circle of quiet within the clamor of evil,
while a jail is being built for the wicked.
God will never walk away from his people,
never desert his precious people.
Rest assured that justice is on its way
and every good heart put right.
16-19Who stood up for me against the wicked?
Who took my side against evil workers?
If God hadn’t been there for me,
I never would have made it.
The minute I said, “I’m slipping, I’m falling,”
your love, God, took hold and held me fast.
When I was upset and beside myself,
you calmed me down and cheered me up.
20-23Can Misrule have anything in common with you?
Can Troublemaker pretend to be on your side?
They ganged up on good people,
plotted behind the backs of the innocent.
But God became my hideout,
God was my high mountain retreat,
Then boomeranged their evil back on them:
for their evil ways he wiped them out,
our God cleaned them out for good.
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Psalms 94
94
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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