Psalm 94 - Modern English Version

¹ O  Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs— O God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

² Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud what they deserve.

³ O  Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

⁴ They spew forth their arrogant words; all the workers of iniquity boast.

⁵ They break in pieces Your people, O  Lord, and afflict Your heritage.

⁶ They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.

⁷ Yet they say, “The Lord does not see, nor does the God of Jacob perceive.”

⁸ Understand, you brutish among the people! Fools, when will you be wise?

⁹ He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

¹⁰ He who disciplines the nations, shall He not correct? He teaches man knowledge!

¹¹ The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

¹² Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O  Lord, and teach from Your law,

¹³ so that You may give him rest from the days of adversity, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴ For the Lord will not abandon His people, nor will He abandon His heritage.

¹⁵ But justice will return to the 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, my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

¹⁸ If I should say, “My foot has slipped,” Your mercy, O  Lord, will hold me up.

¹⁹ In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.

²⁰ Shall a throne of iniquity which devises mischief by decree, have fellowship with you?

²¹ They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

²² But the Lord has been my defense, and my God the rock of my refuge.

²³ He has brought on them their own iniquity, and shall destroy them in their own wickedness; the Lord our God shall destroy them.