Psalms 94

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 LORD, avenging God, avenging God, shine forth!	1 The Praise of a Canticle, of David himself. Come, let us exult in the Lord. Let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior.
2 Rise up, judge of the earth; give the proud what they deserve.	2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession, and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
3 How long, LORD, shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked glory?	3 For the Lord is a great God and a great King over all gods.
4 How long will they mouth haughty speeches, go on boasting, all these evildoers?	4 For in his hand are all the limits of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his.
5 They crush your people, LORD, torment your very own.	5 For the sea is his, and he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
6 They kill the widow and alien; the fatherless they murder.	6 Come, let us adore and fall prostrate, and let us weep before the Lord who made us.
7 They say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice."	7 For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
8 Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you be wise?	8 If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
9 Does the one who shaped the ear not hear? The one who formed the eye not see?	9 as in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.
10 Does the one who guides nations not rebuke? The one who teaches humans not have knowledge?	10 For forty years, I was offended by that generation, and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
11 The LORD does know human plans; they are only puffs of air.	11 And these have not known my ways. So I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest.
12 Happy those whom you guide, LORD, whom you teach by your instruction.
13 You give them rest from evil days, while a pit is being dug for the wicked.
14 You, LORD, will not forsake your people, nor abandon your very own.
15 Judgment shall again be just, and all the upright of heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
17 If the LORD were not my help, I would long have been silent in the grave.
18 When I say, "My foot is slipping," your love, LORD, holds me up.
19 When cares increase within me, your comfort gives me joy.
20 Can unjust judges be your allies, those who create burdens in the name of law,
21 Those who conspire against the just and condemn the innocent to death?
22 No, the LORD is my secure height, my God, the rock where I find refuge,
23 Who will turn back their evil upon them and destroy them for their wickedness. Surely the LORD our God will destroy them!