Psalm 94

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

1O Lord , God of vengeance,[#Deut. 32:35, 41, 43; Isa. 35:4; Jer. 51:56; Nah. 1:2; Rom. 12:19]

O God of vengeance, shine forth!

2Rise up, O judge of the earth;[#Ps. 7:6; #Ps. 58:11]

repay to the proud what they deserve!

3O Lord , how long shall the wicked,[#Rev. 6:10; Ps. 74:10]

how long shall the wicked exult?

4They pour out their arrogant words;[#Ps. 31:18; 1 Sam. 2:3; Jude 15]

all the evildoers boast.

5They crush your people, O Lord ,[#Prov. 22:22; Isa. 3:15]

and afflict your heritage.

6They kill the widow and the sojourner,[#Isa. 10:2]

and murder the fatherless;

7and they say, “The Lord does not see;[#Job 22:13]

the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

8Understand, O dullest of the people![#Ps. 49:10]

Fools, when will you be wise?

9He who planted the ear, does he not hear?[#Ex. 4:11; Prov. 20:12]

He who formed the eye, does he not see?

10He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?[#Job 12:23]

He who teaches man knowledge—

11the Lord —knows the thoughts of man,[#1 Cor. 3:20]

that they are but a breath.

12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord ,[#Prov. 3:11, 12; Heb. 12:5, 6; Job 5:17; #Deut. 8:5; 1 Cor. 11:32]

and whom you teach out of your law,

13to give him rest from days of trouble,[#Job 34:29; #Ps. 49:5]

until a pit is dug for the wicked.

14For the Lord will not forsake his people;[#1 Sam. 12:22; Rom. 11:2; #Deut. 32:9]

he will not abandon his heritage;

15for justice will return to the righteous,[#Isa. 42:3]

and all the upright in heart will follow it.

16Who rises up for me against the wicked?[#Ps. 12:5]

Who stands up for me against evildoers?

17If the Lord had not been my help,[#Ps. 124:1, 2]

my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

18When I thought, “My foot slips,”[#Ps. 38:16; Ps. 73:2]

your steadfast love, O Lord , held me up.

19When the cares of my heart are many,

your consolations cheer my soul.

20Can wicked rulers be allied with you,[#Amos 6:3]

those who frame injustice by statute?

21They band together against the life of the righteous[#Matt. 27:1]

and condemn the innocent to death.

22But the Lord has become my stronghold,[#Ps. 9:9]

and my God the rock of my refuge.

23He will bring back on them their iniquity[#Ps. 7:16; 34:21; Prov. 2:22]

and wipe them out for their wickedness;

the Lord our God will wipe them out.

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