94:1 O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth! 94:2 Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve! 94:3 O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult 94:4 They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. 94:5 They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage. 94:6 They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; 94:7 and they say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive." 94:8 Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise 94:9 He who planted the ear, does he not hear He who formed the eye, does he not see 94:10 He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke He who teaches man knowledge-- 94:11 the LORD--knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath. 94:12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law, 94:13 to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. 94:14 For the LORD will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage; 94:15 for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. 94:16 Who rises up for me against the wicked Who stands up for me against evildoers 94:17 If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. 94:18 When I thought, "My foot slips," your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. 94:19 When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. 94:20 Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute 94:21 They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. 94:22 But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge. 94:23 He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out.