Psalms 94

1O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.● 2Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.● 3How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?● 4Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.● 5Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,● 6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;● 7And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.● 8Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?● 9Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?● 10He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?● 11The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.● 12Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;● 13So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.● 14The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;● 15But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.● 16Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?● 17If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.● 18If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.● 19Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.● 20What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?● 21They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.● 22But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.● 23And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.●