Psalms 94

2Exalt Thyself, O thou judge of the earth; render a retribution to the proud.

3How long shall sinners, O Lord—how long shall sinners boast?

4Shall they declaim and utter injustice? Shall all the workers of iniquity speak?

5They have oppressed Thy people, O Lord: and afflicted Thine inheritance.

6They have slain the widow and orphan: they have murdered the stranger,

7and said, The Lord cannot see, nor can the God of Jacob discern.

8Consider I beseech you, ye brutish among the people. And ye fools, at length be wise.

9Doth not He, Who hath planted the ear, hear? And doth not He who formed the eye, see?

10Will not He, Who chastiseth nations, reprove?—He Who teacheth man knowledge?

11The Lord knoweth the thoughts of these men, that they are vain.

12Happy the man, whom Thou, O Lord wilt instruct; and whom Thou wilt teach out of Thy law;

13in order to set him at ease from evil days; until a pit be dug for the sinner.

14For the Lord will not cast off His people; nor will He forsake His inheritance;

15till justice return to judgment; and all the upright in heart be in her train.

17Had not the Lord indeed come to mine assistance, my soul would soon have sojourned in the mansion of the dead.

18Did I say, My foot hath slipped? Thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

20O Lord, according to the multitude of the sorrows of my heart; Thy comforts delighted my soul. Shall a throne of iniquity—shall he who framed mischief for law, have fellowship with Thee?

21Shall they hunt for the soul of the righteous? And shall they condemn innocent blood?

22The Lord indeed was My refuge: my God was the support of my hope.

23He will make them retribution for their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God will utterly destroy them.