PSALM 94

			
						
			01   O LORD God, to whom
			     vengeance belongs - 
			     O God, to whom vengeance
			     belongs, shine forth!
			02   Rise up, O Judge of the earth;
			     Render punishment to the
			     proud.
			03   LORD, how long will the
			     wicked,
			     How long will the wicked
			     triumph?
			04   They utter speech, and speak
			     insolent things;
			     All the workers of iniquity boast
			     in themselves.
			05   They break in pieces Your
			     people, O LORD,
			     and afflict Your heritage,
			06   They slay the widow and the
			     strangers,
			     And murder the fatherless.
			07   Yet they say, "The LORD does 
			     not see,
			     Nor does the God of Jacob
			     understand."
			
			08   Understand, you senseless
			     among the people;
			     And you fools, when will you
			     be wise?
			09   He who planted the ear, shall
			     He not hear?
			     He who formed the eye, shall
			     He not see?
			10   He who instructs the nations,
			     shall He not correct,
			     He who teaches man
			     knowledge?
			11   The LORD knows the thoughts
			     of man,
			     That they are futile.
			
			12   Blessed is the man whom You
			     instruct, O LORD,
			     And teach out of Your law,
			13   That you may give him
			     rest from the days of
			     adversity,
			     Until the pit is dug for the 
			     wicked.
			14   For the LORD will not cast off
			     His people,
			     Nor will He forsake His
			     inheritance.
			15   But judgment will return to
			     righteousness,
			     And all the upright in heart will
			     follow it.
			16   Who will rise up for me against
			     the evildoers?
			     Who will stand up for me
			     against the workers of
			     iniquity?
			17   Unless the LORD had been my
			     help,
			     My soul would soon have
			     settled in silence.
			18   If I say, "My foot slips,"
			     Your mercy, O LORD, will hold
			     me up.
			19   In the multitude of my anxieties
			     within me,
			     Your comforts delight my soul.
			
			20   Shall the throne of iniquity,
			     which devises evil by law,
			     Have fellowship with You?
			21   They gather together against the
			     life of the righteous,
			     And condemn innocent blood.
			22   But the LORD has been my 
			     defense,
			     And my God the rock of my
			     refuge.
			23   He has brought on them their
			     own iniquity,
			     And shall cut them off in their
			     own wickedness;
			     The LORD our God shall cut
			     them off.