Psalms 94

₁LORD, you are a God who punishes;

reveal your anger!

₂You are the judge of all;

rise and give the proud what they deserve!

₃How much longer will the wicked be glad?

How much longer, LORD?

₄How much longer will criminals be proud

and boast about their crimes?

₅They crush your people, LORD;

they oppress those who belong to you.

₆They kill widows and orphans,

and murder the strangers who live in our land.

₇They say, “The LORD does not see us;

the God of Israel does not notice.”

₈My people, how can you be such stupid fools?

When will you ever learn?

₉God made our ears — can't he hear?

He made our eyes — can't he see?

₁₀He scolds the nations — won't he punish them?

He is the teacher of all — hasn't he any knowledge?

₁₁The LORD knows what they think;

he knows how senseless their reasoning is.

₁₂LORD, how happy are those you instruct,

the ones to whom you teach your law!

₁₃You give them rest from days of trouble

until a pit is dug to trap the wicked.

₁₄The LORD will not abandon his people;

he will not desert those who belong to him.

₁₅Justice will again be found in the courts,

and all righteous people will support it.

₁₆Who stood up for me against the wicked?

Who took my side against the evildoers?

₁₇If the LORD had not helped me,

I would have gone quickly to the land of silence.

₁₈I said, “I am falling”;

but your constant love, O LORD, held me up.

₁₉Whenever I am anxious and worried,

you comfort me and make me glad.

₂₀You have nothing to do with corrupt judges,

who make injustice legal,

₂₁who plot against good people

and sentence the innocent to death.

₂₂But the LORD defends me;

my God protects me.

₂₃He will punish them for their wickedness

and destroy them for their sins;

the LORD our God will destroy them.