Psalm 94 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

Psa 94:1

Psa 94:1O LORD, God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, shine forth!

Psa 94:2

Psa 94:2Rise up, O judge of the earth;
repay to the proud what they deserve!

Psa 94:3

Psa 94:3O LORD, how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked exult?

Psa 94:4

Psa 94:4They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.

Psa 94:5

Psa 94:5They crush your people, O LORD,
and afflict your heritage.

Psa 94:6

Psa 94:6They kill the widow and the sojourner,
and murder the fatherless;

Psa 94:7

Psa 94:7and they say, “The LORD does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

Psa 94:8

Psa 94:8Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?

Psa 94:9

Psa 94:9He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?

Psa 94:10

Psa 94:10He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who teaches man knowledge—

Psa 94:11

Psa 94:11the LORD—knows the thoughts of man,
that they are but a breath.[fn]

Psa 94:12

Psa 94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD,
and whom you teach out of your law,

Psa 94:13

Psa 94:13to give him rest from days of trouble,
until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Psa 94:14

Psa 94:14For the LORD will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;

Psa 94:15

Psa 94:15for justice will return to the righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Psa 94:16

Psa 94:16Who rises up for me against the wicked?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?

Psa 94:17

Psa 94:17If the LORD had not been my help,
my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

Psa 94:18

Psa 94:18When I thought, “My foot slips,”
your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.

Psa 94:19

Psa 94:19When the cares of my heart are many,
your consolations cheer my soul.

Psa 94:20

Psa 94:20Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame[fn] injustice by statute?

Psa 94:21

Psa 94:21They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.[fn]

Psa 94:22

Psa 94:22But the LORD has become my stronghold,
and my God the rock of my refuge.

Psa 94:23

Psa 94:23He will bring back on them their iniquity
and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the LORD our God will wipe them out.

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ESV Footnotes

(94:11)

Septuagint they are futile

(94:20)

Or fashion

(94:21)

Hebrew condemn innocent blood

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