Psalm 94: Deus ultionum

O LORD God of vengeance, *

O God of vengeance, show yourself.

Rise up, O Judge of the world; *

give the arrogant their just deserts.

How long shall the wicked, O LORD, *

how long shall the wicked triumph?

They bluster in their insolence; *

all evildoers are full of boasting.

They crush your people, O LORD, *

and afflict your chosen nation.

They murder the widow and the stranger *

and put the orphans to death.

Yet they say, "The LORD does not see, *

the God of Jacob takes no notice."

Consider well, you dullards among the people; *

when will you fools understand?

He that planted the ear, does he not hear? *

he that formed the eye, does he not see?

He who admonishes the nations, will he not punish? *

he who teaches all the world, has he no knowledge?

The LORD knows our human thoughts; *

how like a puff of wind they are.

Happy are they whom you instruct, O Lord! *

whom you teach out of your law;

To give them rest in evil days, *

until a pit is dug for the wicked.

For the LORD will not abandon his people, *

nor will he forsake his own.

For judgment will again be just, *

and all the true of heart will follow it.

Who rose up for me against the wicked? *

who took my part against the evildoers?

If the LORD had not come to my help, *

I should soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

As often as I said, "My foot has slipped," *

your love, O LORD, upheld me.

When many cares fill my mind, *

your consolations cheer my soul.

Can a corrupt tribunal have any part with you, *

one which frames evil into law?

They conspire against the life of the just *

and condemn the innocent to death.

But the LORD has become my stronghold, *

and my God the rock of my trust.

He will turn their wickedness back upon them

and destroy them in their own malice; *

the LORD our God will destroy them.