Psalm 94 — Legacy Standard Bible

God of Vengeance, Shine Forth

94O Yahweh, God of ¹^,^avengeance,God of ²vengeance, ³^,^bshine forth!²^aBe lifted up, O ^bJudge of the earth,Render recompense ^cto the proud.³How long shall the wicked, O Yahweh,How long shall the ^awicked exult?⁴They pour forth words, they ^aspeak arrogantly;All workers of iniquity ^bvaunt themselves.⁵They ^acrush Your people, O Yahweh,And ^bafflict Your inheritance.⁶They ^aslay the widow and the sojournerAnd murder the orphans.⁷^aThey have said, “Yah does not see,Nor does the God of Jacob discern.”⁸Discern, you ^asenseless among the people;And when will you have insight, ^byou fools?⁹He who ^aplanted the ear, ¹does He not hear?He who formed the eye, ²does He not see?¹⁰He who ¹^,^adisciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,Even He who ^bteaches man knowledge?¹¹Yahweh ^aknows the thoughts of man,¹That they are vanity.¹²Blessed is the man whom ^aYou discipline, O Yah,And ^bwhom You teach out of Your law;¹³That You may grant him ^acalm from the ^bdays of calamity,Until ^ca pit is dug for the wicked.¹⁴For ^aYahweh will not abandon His people,Nor will He ^bforsake His inheritance.¹⁵For ¹^,^ajudgment will ²again be righteous,And all the upright in heart will ³follow it.¹⁶Who will ^aarise for me against evildoers?Who will take his stand for me ^bagainst workers of iniquity?¹⁷If ^aYahweh had not been my help,My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.¹⁸If I should say, “^aMy foot has stumbled,”Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, will hold me up.¹⁹When my anxious thoughts ¹multiply within me,Your ^aconsolations delight my soul.²⁰Can a ¹^,^athrone of destruction be allied with You,One ^bwhich forms ²trouble by statute?²¹They ^aband themselves together against the ¹life of the righteousAnd ^bcondemn ²the innocent to death.²²But Yahweh has been my ^astronghold,And my God the ^brock of my refuge.²³He has ^abrought back their ¹iniquity upon themAnd will ²^,^bdestroy them in their evil;Yahweh our God will ³destroy them.