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Psalm 94

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1 The LORD is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.
1 God, put an end to evil; avenging God, show your colors!
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
2 Judge of the earth, take your stand; throw the book at the arrogant.
3 How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?
3 God, the wicked get away with murder - how long will you let this go on?
4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.
4 They brag and boast and crow about their crimes!
5 They crush your people, LORD; they oppress your inheritance.
5 They walk all over your people, God, exploit and abuse your precious people.
6 They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
6 They take out anyone who gets in their way; if they can't use them, they kill them.
7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice.”
7 They think, "God isn't looking, Jacob's God is out to lunch."
8 Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
8 Well, think again, you idiots, fools - how long before you get smart?
9 Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?
9 Do you think Ear-Maker doesn't hear, Eye-Shaper doesn't see?
10 Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
10 Do you think the trainer of nations doesn't correct, the teacher of Adam doesn't know?
11 The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.
11 God knows, all right - knows your stupidity, sees your shallowness.
12 Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from your law;
12 How blessed the man you train, God, the woman you instruct in your Word,
13 you grant them relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
13 Providing a circle of quiet within the clamor of evil, while a jail is being built for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.
14 God will never walk away from his people, never desert his precious people.
15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
15 Rest assured that justice is on its way and every good heart put right.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
16 Who stood up for me against the wicked? Who took my side against evil workers?
17 Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
17 If God hadn't been there for me, I never would have made it.
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.
18 The minute I said, "I'm slipping, I'm falling," your love, God, took hold and held me fast.
19 When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
19 When I was upset and beside myself, you calmed me down and cheered me up.
20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you— a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
20 Can Misrule have anything in common with you? Can Troublemaker pretend to be on your side?
21 The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
21 They ganged up on good people, plotted behind the backs of the innocent.
22 But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
22 But God became my hideout, God was my high mountain retreat,
23 He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.
23 Then boomeranged their evil back on them: for their evil ways he wiped them out, our God cleaned them out for good.
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