Psalm 94
The Lord Will Not Forsake His People
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O Lord, God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, shine forth!
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Rise up, O judge of the earth;
repay to the proud what they deserve!
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O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked exult?
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They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.
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They crush your people, O Lord,
and afflict your heritage.
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They kill the widow and the sojourner,
and murder the fatherless;
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and they say, "The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive."
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Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
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He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
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He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who teaches man knowledge—
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the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
that they are but a breath.t
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Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,
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to give him rest from days of trouble,
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
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For the Lord will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;
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for justice will return to the righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
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Who rises up for me against the wicked?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?
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If the Lord had not been my help,
my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
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When I thought, "My foot slips,"
your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
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When the cares of my heart are many,
your consolations cheer my soul.
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Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame injustice by statute?
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They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.t
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But the Lord has become my stronghold,
and my God the rock of my refuge.
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He will bring back on them their iniquity
and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will wipe them out.
Psalm 94
1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud their desert.
3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, Even he that teacheth man knowledge?
11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
22 But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.
