| 1 | O Lord God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! |
| 2 | Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation! |
| 3 | Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph
and
exult? |
| 4 | They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily. |
| 5 | They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. |
| 6 | They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan. |
| 7 | Yet they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it. |
| 8 | Consider
and
understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise? |
| 9 | He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see? |
| 10 | He Who disciplines
and
instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge? |
| 11 | The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile—only a breath). |
| 12 | Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline
and
instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, |
| 13 | That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked. |
| 14 | For the Lord will not cast off
nor
spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage. |
| 15 | For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, 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, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence. |
| 18 | When I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy
and
loving-kindness, O Lord, held me up. |
| 19 | In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer
and
delight my soul! |
| 20 | Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You—they who frame
and
hide their unrighteous doings under [the sacred name of] law? |
| 21 | They band themselves together against the life of the [consistently] righteous and condemn the innocent to death. |
| 22 | But the Lord has become my High Tower
and
Defense, and my God the Rock of my refuge. |
| 23 | And He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 94:4 : Jude 14, 15.
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Psalm 94:11 : I Cor. 3:20.
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