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Psalm 94

Common English Bible CEB

1 LORD, avenging God— avenging God, show yourself!

2 Rise up, judge of the earth! Pay back the arrogant exactly what they deserve!

3 How long will the wicked—oh, LORD!— how long will the wicked win?

4 They spew arrogant words; all the evildoers are bragging.

5 They crush your own people, LORD! They abuse your very own possession.

6 They kill widows and immigrants; they murder orphans,

7 saying all the while, "The LORD can't see it; Jacob's God doesn't know what's going on!"

8 You ignorant people better learn quickly. You fools—when will you get some sense?

9 The one who made the ear, can't he hear? The one who formed the eye, can't he see?

10 The one who disciplines nations, can't he punish? The one who teaches humans, doesn't he know?

11 The LORD does indeed know human thoughts, knows that they are nothing but a puff of air.

12 The people you discipline, LORD, are truly happy— the ones you teach from your Instruction—

13 giving them relief from troubling times until a pit is dug for the wicked.

14 The LORD will not reject his people; he will not abandon his very own possession.

15 No, but justice will once again meet up with righteousness, and all whose heart is right will follow after.

16 Who will stand up for me against the wicked? Who will help me against evildoers?

17 If the LORD hadn't helped me, I would live instantly in total silence.

18 Whenever I feel my foot slipping, your faithful love steadies me, LORD.

19 When my anxieties multiply, your comforting calms me down.

20 Can a wicked ruler be your ally; one who wreaks havoc by means of the law?

21 The wicked gang up against the lives of the righteous. They condemn innocent blood.

22 But the LORD is my fortress; my God is my rock of refuge.

23 He will repay them for their wickedness, completely destroy them because of their evil. Yes, the LORD our God will completely destroy them.

The Message Bible MSG

1 God, put an end to evil; avenging God, show your colors!

2 Judge of the earth, take your stand; throw the book at the arrogant.

3 God, the wicked get away with murder - how long will you let this go on?

4 They brag and boast and crow about their crimes!

5 They walk all over your people, God, exploit and abuse your precious people.

6 They take out anyone who gets in their way; if they can't use them, they kill them.

7 They think, "God isn't looking, Jacob's God is out to lunch."

8 Well, think again, you idiots, fools - how long before you get smart?

9 Do you think Ear-Maker doesn't hear, Eye-Shaper doesn't see?

10 Do you think the trainer of nations doesn't correct, the teacher of Adam doesn't know?

11 God knows, all right - knows your stupidity, sees your shallowness.

12 How blessed the man you train, God, the woman you instruct in your Word,

13 Providing a circle of quiet within the clamor of evil, while a jail is being built for the wicked.

14 God will never walk away from his people, never desert his precious people.

15 Rest assured that justice is on its way and every good heart put right.

16 Who stood up for me against the wicked? Who took my side against evil workers?

17 If God hadn't been there for me, I never would have made it.

18 The minute I said, "I'm slipping, I'm falling," your love, God, took hold and held me fast.

19 When I was upset and beside myself, you calmed me down and cheered me up.

20 Can Misrule have anything in common with you? Can Troublemaker pretend to be on your side?

21 They ganged up on good people, plotted behind the backs of the innocent.

22 But God became my hideout, God was my high mountain retreat,

23 Then boomeranged their evil back on them: for their evil ways he wiped them out, our God cleaned them out for good.