PSALMS 94 1O Lord God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! 2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation! 3Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph and exult? 4They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily. 5They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. 6They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan. 8Consider and understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise? 9He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see? 10He Who disciplines and instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge? 11The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile--only a breath). 12Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, 13That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked. 14For the Lord will not cast off nor spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage. 15For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. 16Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? 17Unless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence. 18When I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, held me up. 19In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul! 22But the Lord has become my High Tower and Defense, and my God the Rock of my refuge.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:06:26 +0000