Psalm 94 | Liturgical Calendar

1

O Lord God to whom vengeance belongs, *

O God to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.

2

Arise, O Judge of the world, *

and reward the proud according to their deserving.

3

O Lord, how long shall the ungodly, *

how long shall the ungodly triumph?

4

How long shall all evildoers speak so disdainfully *

and make such proud boasting?

5

They smite down your people, O Lord, *

and trouble your heritage.

6

They murder the widow and the stranger *

and put the fatherless to death.

7

And yet they say, “The Lord shall not see, *

neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.”

8

Take heed, you unwise among the people; *

O you fools, when will you understand?

9

He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? *

Or he who made the eye, shall he not see?

10

Or he who nurtures the nations, *

he who teaches humanity knowledge, shall he not punish?

11

The Lord knows the thoughts of man, *

that they are but vain.

12

Blessed is the one whom you chasten, O Lord, *

and whom you teach your law,

13

That you may give him patience in time of adversity, *

until a pit is dug for the ungodly.

14

For the Lord will not fail his people, *

neither will he forsake his inheritance;

15

But righteousness shall return to the place of judgment, *

and all those who are true of heart shall follow it.

16

Who will rise up with me against the wicked, *

or who will take my part against the evildoers?

17

If the Lord had not helped me, *

my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

18

But when I said, “My foot has slipped,” *

your mercy, O Lord, held me up.

19

In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, *

your comforts refreshed my soul.

20

Will you have anything to do with the council of wickedness, *

which turns evil into law?

21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous *

and condemn the innocent to death.

22

But the Lord is my refuge, *

and my God is the rock of my confidence.

23

He shall recompense them for their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice; *

indeed, the Lord our God shall destroy them.