2.0 KiB
Psalm 94
- O LORD, the God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!
- Arise, O Judge of the earth.
Give the proud what they deserve.
- How long, O LORD?
How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
- How long will they speak with arrogance?
How long will these evil people boast?
- They crush your people, LORD,
hurting those you claim as your own.
- They kill widows and foreigners
and murder orphans.
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"The LORD isn't looking," they say, "and besides, the God of Israel doesn't care."
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Think again, you fools!
When will you finally catch on?
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Is he deaf--the one who made your ears? Is he blind--the one who formed your eyes?
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He punishes the nations--won't he also punish you? He knows everything--doesn't he also know what you are doing?
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The LORD knows people's thoughts;
he knows they are worthless!
- Joyful are those you discipline, LORD,
those you teach with your instructions.
- You give them relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.
- The LORD will not reject his people;
he will not abandon his special possession.
- Judgment will again be founded on justice,
and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.
- Who will protect me from the wicked?
Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
- Unless the LORD had helped me,
I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.
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I cried out, "I am slipping!" but your unfailing love, O LORD, supported me.
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When doubts filled my mind,
your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.
- Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side--
leaders whose decrees permit injustice?
- They gang up against the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
- But the LORD is my fortress;
my God is the mighty rock where I hide.
- God will turn the sins of evil people back on them.
He will destroy them for their sins. The LORD our God will destroy them.