Psalm 94 - ESV Bible - O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance,...

1 O LORD, God of ¹vengeance, O God of vengeance, ²shine forth!

2 ³Rise up, O ⁴judge of the earth; repay to the ⁵proud what they deserve!

3 O LORD, ⁶how long shall the wicked, how long shall ⁷the wicked exult?

4 They pour out their ⁸arrogant words; all ⁹the evildoers boast.

5 They ¹⁰crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.

6 They kill ¹¹the widow and the sojourner, and murder ¹²the fatherless;

7 ¹³and they say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive."

8 ¹⁴Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?

9 ¹⁵He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?

10 He who ¹⁶disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who ¹⁷teaches man knowledge--

11 ¹⁸the LORD--knows the thoughts of man, that they are ¹⁹but a breath.^a

12 ²⁰Blessed is the man whom you ²¹discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law,

13 to give him ²²rest from ²³days of trouble, until ²⁴a pit is dug for the wicked.

14 ²⁵For the LORD will not forsake his ²⁶people; he will not abandon his ²⁷heritage;

15 for ²⁸justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will ²⁹follow it.

16 ³⁰Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?

17 ³¹If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of ³²silence.

18 When I thought, ³³"My foot slips," your steadfast love, O LORD, ³⁴held me up.

19 When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

20 Can ³⁵wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by ³⁶statute?

21 They ³⁷band together against the life of the righteous and condemn ³⁸the innocent to death.^b

22 But the LORD has become my ³⁹stronghold, and my God ⁴⁰the rock of my ⁴¹refuge.

23 He will bring back on them ⁴²their iniquity and ⁴³wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out.

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