Psalm 94

Modern English Version

⁴ They spew forth their arrogant words;
    all those who do iniquity boast.
⁵ They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,
    and afflict Your inheritance.
⁶ They kill the widow and the sojourner,
    and murder the fatherless.
⁷ Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
    neither does the God of Jacob regard it.”

⁸ Understand, you brutish among the people;
    fools, when will you be wise?
⁹ He who made the ear, shall He not hear?
    He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
¹⁰ He who chastises the nations, shall He not correct?
    He teaches people knowledge!
¹¹ The Lord, He knows the thoughts of people,
    that they are a breath.

¹² Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Lord,
    and teach from Your law,
¹³ that You may give him rest from the days of adversity,
    until a pit is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴ For the Lord will not forsake His people;
    neither will He abandon His inheritance.
¹⁵ But justice shall return to those who are righteous,
    and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
    Who will stand up for me against those who do iniquity?
¹⁷ Unless the Lord had been my help,
    my soul would have lived in the land of silent death.
¹⁸ When I said, “My foot slips,”
    Your mercy, O Lord, held me up.
¹⁹ When there is a multitude of worries within me,
    Your comforts delight my soul.

²⁰ Shall wicked rulers, who make oppressive laws,
    align with You?
²¹ They conspire together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn innocent blood to death.
²² But the Lord is my defense,
    and my God is the rock of my refuge.
²³ He shall bring upon them their own iniquity
    and shall cut them off for their own wickedness;
    yes, the Lord our God shall destroy them.