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Psalms 94

¹O Lord, the God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!

²Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give the proud what they deserve.

³How long, O Lord? How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?

⁴How long will they speak with arrogance? How long will these evil people boast?

⁵They crush your people, Lord, hurting those you claim as your own.

⁶They kill widows and foreigners and murder orphans.

⁷“The Lord isn’t looking,” they say, “and besides, the God of Israel doesn’t care.”

⁸Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on?

⁹Is he deaf—the one who made your ears? Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes?

¹⁰He punishes the nations—won’t he also punish you? He knows everything—doesn’t he also know what you are doing?

¹¹The Lord knows people’s thoughts; he knows they are worthless!

¹²Joyful are those you discipline, Lord, those you teach with your instructions.

¹³You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.

¹⁴The Lord will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession.

¹⁵Judgment will again be founded on justice, and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

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

¹⁷Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.

¹⁸I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me.

¹⁹When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.

²⁰Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side— leaders whose decrees permit injustice?

²¹They gang up against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

²²But the Lord is my fortress; my God is the mighty rock where I hide.

²³God will turn the sins of evil people back on them. He will destroy them for their sins. The Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalms 94 (NLT)

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