Chapter 94
1 LORD , you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
2 Rise up , you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3 LORD , how long will the wicked , how long will the wicked triumph ?
4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast .
5 They break your people in pieces , LORD , and afflict your heritage .
6 They kill the widow and the alien , and murder the fatherless .
7 They say, " The LORD will not see , neither will Jacob ’s God consider ."
8 Consider , you senseless amongst the people ; you fools , when will you be wise ?
9 He who implanted the ear , won’t he hear ? He who formed the eye , won’t he see ?
10 He who disciplines the nations , won’t he punish ? He who teaches man knows.
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man , that they are futile .
12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline , LORD , and teach out of your law ,
13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity , until the pit is dug for the wicked .
14 For the LORD won’t reject his people , neither will he forsake his inheritance .
15 For judgement will return to righteousness . All the upright in heart shall follow it .
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked ? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers ?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help , my soul would have soon lived in silence .
18 When I said, " My foot is slipping!" Your loving kindness , LORD , held me up .
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me , your comforts delight my soul .
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you , which brings about mischief by statute ?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous , and condemn the innocent blood .
22 But the LORD has been my high tower , my God , the rock of my refuge .
23 He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness . The LORD , our God , will cut them off .