Psalms 94:4-23

⁴How long shall their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?

⁵O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!

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

⁷And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”

⁸Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye be wise?

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

¹⁰He that chastiseth nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

¹¹The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, That they are vanity.

¹²Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;

¹³To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged for the wicked!

¹⁴For the LORD will not forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.

¹⁵For judgment shall return to justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?

¹⁷If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.

¹⁸When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.

¹⁹In the multitude of anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive my soul.

²⁰Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?

²¹They band together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.

²²But the LORD is my fortress, And my God the rock of my refuge.

²³He will bring upon them their own iniquity; Yea, through their own wickedness he will cut them off; Yea, the LORD, our God, will cut them off.