• Psalm 94

  • 1 The Lord is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.
  • 2 Rise up, Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
  • 3 How long, Lord, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?
  • 4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.
  • 5 They crush your people, Lord; they oppress your inheritance.
  • 6 They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
  • 7 They say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice.”
  • 8 Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
  • 9 Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?
  • 10 Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
  • 11 The Lord knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.
  • 12 Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord, the one you teach from your law;
  • 13 you grant them relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
  • 14 For the Lord will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.
  • 15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
  • 16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
  • 17 Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
  • 18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
  • 19 When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
  • 20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you— a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
  • 21 The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
  • 22 But the Lord has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
  • 23 He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the Lord our God will destroy them.