Psalms 94:1-21

¹O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

²Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense.

³LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?

⁴They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.

⁵They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.

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

⁷And they say: 'The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'

⁸Consider, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye understand?

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

¹⁰He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge?

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

¹²Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and 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 the LORD will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance.

¹⁵For right shall return unto justice, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

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

¹⁷Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.

¹⁸If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.

¹⁹When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute?

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