Psalm

94 O God of vengeance, Jehovah,+

O God of vengeance, shine forth!

 3 How long will the wicked, O Jehovah,

How long will the wicked continue to exult?+

 4 They babble and speak arrogantly;

All the wrongdoers brag about themselves.

 5 They crush your people, O Jehovah,+

And oppress your inheritance.

 6 They kill the widow and the foreign resident,

And they murder the fatherless children.

 7 They say: “Jah does not see;+

The God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”+

 8 Understand this, you who are unreasoning;

You foolish ones, when will you ever show insight?+

11 Jehovah knows the thoughts of men,

That they are but a mere breath.+

12 Happy is the man whom you correct, O Jah,+

Whom you teach from your law,+

13 To give him tranquility during days of calamity,

Until a pit is dug for the wicked.+

14 For Jehovah will not forsake his people,+

Nor will he abandon his inheritance.+

15 For judgment will once again be righteous,

And all the upright in heart will follow it.

17 If Jehovah had not been my helper,

I* would soon have perished.*+

19 When anxieties* overwhelmed me,*

You comforted and soothed me.*+

20 Can a throne* of corruption be allied with you

While it is framing trouble in the name of the law?*+

21 They make vicious attacks on the righteous one*+

And condemn the innocent one to death.*+

22 But Jehovah will become a secure refuge* for me,

My God is my rock of refuge.+