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Psalm 94 - New International Version, 2011 bible

Psalm 94

¹The LORD is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.

²Rise up, Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.

³How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?

⁴They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.

⁵They crush your people, LORD; they oppress your inheritance.

⁶They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

⁷They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice.”

⁸Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?

⁹Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?

¹⁰Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?

¹¹The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.

¹²Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from your law;

¹³you grant them relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?

¹⁷Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

¹⁸When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.

¹⁹When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.

²⁰Can a corrupt throne be allied with you — a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?

²¹The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

²²But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.

²³He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.