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Psalms 94
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs,
O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
LORD, how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
They break your people in pieces, LORD,
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
They kill the widow and the alien,
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
They say, “The LORD will not see,
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Consider, you senseless amongst the people;
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear?
He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish?
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
The LORD knows the thoughts of man,
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile (note: Cited in 1 Corinthians 3:20).
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD,
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
that you may give him rest from the days of adversity,
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
For the LORD won’t reject his people,
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
For judgement will return to righteousness.
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
Unless the LORD had been my help,
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
When I said, “My foot is slipping!”
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me,
When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you,
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death (note: Or condemn innocent blood).
But the LORD has been my high tower,
But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
He has brought on them their own iniquity,
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.