Psalm 94

Psalm 94

1: O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

2: Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

3: LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

4: How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

5: They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

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

7: Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

8: Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

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

10: He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

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

12: Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

13: That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

14: For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15: But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

16: Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

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

18: When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

19: In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

20: Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

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

22: But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

23: And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

known by God: he knows my thoughts

blessed because I am chastened by God: he is teaching me

not casted off, nor forsaken

held up and helped by the LORD

meditating on the LORD: he is my defense; my refuge is in him