Psalm 94
Deus ultionum
1
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth *
thou God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
2
Arise, thou Judge of the world *
and reward the proud after their deserving.
3
Lord, how long shall the ungodly *
how long shall the ungodly triumph?
4
How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully *
and make such proud boasting?
5
They smite down thy people, O Lord *
and trouble thine heritage.
6
They murder the widow and the stranger *
and put the fatherless to death.
7
And yet they say, Tush, the Lord shall not see *
neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8
Take heed, ye unwise among the people *
O ye fools, when will ye understand?
9
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear *
or he that made the eye, shall he not see?
10
Or he that nurtureth the heathen *
it is he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he punish?
11
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man *
that they are but vain.
12
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord *
and teachest him in thy law;
13
That thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity *
until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.
14
For the Lord will not fail his people *
neither will he forsake his inheritance;
15
Until righteousness turn again unto judgement *
all such as are true in heart shall follow it.
16
Who will rise up with me against the wicked *
or who will take my part against the evil-doers?
17
If the Lord had not helped me *
it had not failed but my soul had been put to silence.
18
But when I said, My foot hath slipt *
thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
19
In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart *
thy comforts have refreshed my soul.
20
Wilt thou have any thing to do with the stool of wickedness *
which imagineth mischief as a law?
21
They gather them together against the soul of the righteous *
and condemn the innocent blood.
22
But the Lord is my refuge *
and my God is the strength of my confidence.
23
He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice *
yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.
Psalm 95
Venite, exultemus
1
O come, let us sing unto the Lord *
let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
2
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms.
3
For the Lord is a great God *
and a great King above all gods.
4
In his hand are all the corners of the earth *
and the strength of the hills is his also.
5
The sea is his, and he made it *
and his hands prepared the dry land.
6
O come, let us worship and fall down *
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7
For he is the Lord our God *
and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
8
To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts *
as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness.
9
When your fathers tempted me *
proved me, and saw my works.
10
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said *
It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways;
11
Unto whom I sware in my wrath *
that they should not enter into my rest.