Psalms 94:5-18

⁵Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,

⁶They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

⁷And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

⁸Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

⁹Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

¹⁰He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?

¹¹The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

¹²Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;

¹³So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.

¹⁴The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;

¹⁵But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

¹⁶Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?

¹⁷If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

¹⁸If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.