1901 American Standard Version (ASV)

Psalms 94

1 The prophet, calling for justice, complaineth of tyranny and impiety. 8 He teacheth God's providence. 12 He sheweth the blessedness of affliction. 16 God is the defender of the afflicted.

 94:1 ¶ O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

 94:2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert.

 94:3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?

 94:4 They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

 94:5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.

 94:6 They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

 94:7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.

 94:8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

 94:10 He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [Even] he that teacheth man knowledge?

 94:11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.

 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;

 94:13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.

 94:14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

 94:15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.

 94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

 94:17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.

 94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

 94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.

 94:20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

 94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

 94:22 But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.

 94:23 And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.