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Psalm 94 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The LORD Implored to Avenge His People.

Psa 94:1

LORD, God of [fn]vengeance,

God of [fn]vengeance, [fn]shine forth!

Psa 94:2

Rise up, Judge of the earth,

Pay back retribution to the proud.

Psa 94:3

How long, LORD, shall the wicked

How long shall the wicked triumph?

Psa 94:4

They pour out words, they speak arrogantly;

All who do injustice boast.

Psa 94:5

They crush Your people, LORD,

And afflict Your inheritance.

Psa 94:6

They kill the widow and the stranger

And murder the orphans.

Psa 94:7

They have said, “[fn]The LORD does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob perceive.”

Psa 94:8

Pay attention, you stupid ones among the people;

And when will you understand, foolish ones?

Psa 94:9

He who planted the ear, [fn]does He not hear?

Or He who formed the eye, [fn]does He not see?

Psa 94:10

He who [fn]disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,

He who teaches mankind knowledge?

Psa 94:11

The LORD knows human thoughts,

[fn]That they are mere breath.

Psa 94:12

Blessed is the man whom You discipline, [fn]LORD,

And whom You teach from Your Law,

Psa 94:13

So that You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,

Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Psa 94:14

For the LORD will not abandon His people,

Nor will He abandon His inheritance.

Psa 94:15

For [fn]judgment [fn]will again be righteous,

And all the upright in heart [fn]will follow it.

Psa 94:16

Who will stand up for me against evildoers?

Who will take his stand for me against those who do injustice?

Psa 94:17

If the LORD had not been my help,

My soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

Psa 94:18

If I should say, “My foot has slipped,”

Your faithfulness, LORD, will support me.

Psa 94:19

When my anxious thoughts [fn]multiply within me,

Your comfort delights my soul.

Psa 94:20

Can a [fn]throne of destruction be allied with You,

One which devises [fn]mischief by decree?

Psa 94:21

They band themselves together against the [fn]life of the righteous

And condemn [fn]the innocent to death.

Psa 94:22

But the LORD has been my refuge,

And my God the rock of my refuge.

Psa 94:23

He has brought back their injustice upon them,

And He will [fn]destroy them in their evil;

The LORD our God will [fn]destroy them.

NASB20 Footnotes
Or avenging acts
Or avenging acts
Or has shone forth
Heb YAH
Or can
Or can
Or instructs
Or For
Heb YAH
I.e., administration of justice
Lit will return to righteousness
Lit will be after it
Or are many
Or tribunal
Or trouble, misfortune
Or soul
Lit innocent blood
Or silence
Or silence
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