Psalm 94

New Coverdale Version

O Lord God to whom vengeance belongs, * O God to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.

Arise, O Judge of the world, * and reward the proud according to their deserving.

O Lord, how long shall the ungodly, * how long shall the ungodly triumph?

How long shall all evildoers speak so disdainfully * and make such proud boasting?

They smite down your people, O Lord, * and trouble your heritage.

They murder the widow and the stranger, * and put the fatherless to death.

And yet they say, “The Lord shall not see, * neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.”

Take heed, you unwise among the people; * O you fools, when will you understand?

He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? * Or he who made the eye, shall he not see?

Or he who nurtures the nations, * he who teaches humanity knowledge, shall he not punish?

The Lord knows the thoughts of man, * that they are but vain.

Blessed is the one whom you chasten, O Lord, * and whom you teach your law,

That you may give him patience in time of adversity, * until a pit is dug for the ungodly.

For the Lord will not fail his people, * neither will he forsake his inheritance,

But righteousness shall return to the place of judgment, * and all those who are true of heart shall follow it.

Who will rise up with me against the wicked, * or who will take my part against the evildoers?

If the Lord had not helped me, * my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

But when I said, “My foot has slipped,” * your mercy, O Lord, held me up.

In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, * your comforts refreshed my soul.

Will you have anything to do with the council of wickedness, * which turns evil into law?

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous * and condemn the innocent to death.

But the Lord is my refuge, * and my God is the rock of my confidence.

He shall recompense them for their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice; * indeed, the Lord our God shall destroy them.