RSV Psalms 94 Chapter
94:1
O LORD, thou God of vengeance, thou God of vengeance, shine forth!
94:2
Rise up, O judge of the earth;render to the proud their deserts!
94:3
O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
94:4
They pour out their arrogant words, they boast, all the evildoers.
94:5
They crush thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage.
94:6
They slay the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;
94:7
and they say, 'The LORD does not see;the God of Jacob does not perceive.'
94:8
Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
94:9
He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
94:10
He who chastens the nations, does he not chastise? He who teaches men knowledge,
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the LORD, knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
94:12
Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law
94:13
to give him respite from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
94:14
For the LORD will not forsake his people;he will not abandon his heritage;
94:15
for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
94:16
Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?
94:17
If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
94:18
When I thought, 'My foot slips,' thy steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.
94:19
When the cares of my heart are many, thy consolations cheer my soul.
94:20
Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute?
94:21
They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.
94:22
But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.
94:23
He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness;the LORD our God will wipe them out.