Psalms 94

1God of retribution, LORD, God of retribution, shine out! 2Stand up, Judge of all the earth, and give the arrogant what their deeds have earned. 3LORD, how much longer will the wicked, how much longer will the wicked celebrate? 4Insolent words gush from them; everyone who does evil talks big. 5They grind down your people, LORD; they oppress the nation that belongs to you. 6Widows and foreigners they put to death; orphans they murder. 7They say, “The LORD is not looking; Jacob’s God pays no attention.” 8Get some understanding, you brutish people! Fools, when will you start to think wisely? 9Will the one who set the ear in place not hear? Will the one who shaped the eye not see? 10Will the one who disciplines nations not correct them, the one who teaches humans all they know? 11The LORD knows what humans are thinking, and that their thoughts are only a puff of air. 12How blessed is the one whom you correct, LORD, and train through your instruction, 13giving them calm in the days of trouble, while the pit is being dug for the wicked. 14The LORD will not reject his people; he will never desert those who belong to him. 15For justice will once again be joined to what is right, and all who are honest at heart will follow it. 16Who will take my side against the wicked? Who will stand with me against those who do wrong? 17If the LORD had not helped me, I would soon have been living where all is silent. 18The moment I said, “My foot is giving way,” your loyal love, LORD, held me up. 19When my worries crowd in on me, your comfort fills me with joy. 20Will a ruling power bent on ruin ever be your partner, one that uses the law to create misery? 21They gather against the righteous to take their lives, and they condemn innocent people to death. 22But the LORD has proved to be my high fortress; my God has been a rock that shelters me. 23He will make their evil recoil on them and put an end to them through their own wickedness; the LORD our God will put an end to them.