Psalm 94:1-23 AMPC

[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.