Psalm 94

¹O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, shine forth;

²Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.

³How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?

⁴[How long] shall they utter [and] speak insolence — all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

⁵They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;

⁶They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,

⁷And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].

⁸Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

⁹He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

¹⁰He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct — he that teacheth man knowledge?

¹¹Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

¹²Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;

¹³That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

¹⁴For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;

¹⁵For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

¹⁷If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

¹⁸When I said, My foot slippeth, thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

¹⁹In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.

²⁰Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?

²¹They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.