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The Book of Psalms 94

Psalm

94 Yahweh, you are a God who punishes your enemies.

So reveal to them who you are!

2 You are the one who judges all people on the earth;

so take action and give the arrogant people what they deserve.

3 Yahweh, wicked people just continue to be glad,

and that is not right!

4 They abundantly speak arrogant things;

all people who do evil things say that they are great people.

5 Yahweh, it is as though those wicked people were crushing us, your people;

they distress the people who belong to you alone.

6 They murder widows, people from other countries,

and also young people who have no fathers.

7 Those wicked people think to themselves, “Yahweh does not see any of this;

the God whom the Israelites worship does not notice the evil things that we do.”

8 You wicked people in Israel need to understand what is right;

you have been stupid and foolish far too long!

9 Since Yahweh is the one who made ears,

of course he can hear what you say!

Not only that, he created eyes;

so of course he can see the evil things that you do!

10 He corrects the leaders of other nations,

so he will punish you, as well.

He has taught people everything that they know,

so of course he knows everything that you do.

11 Yahweh knows everything that people are thinking;

he knows that what they think is evil and useless.

12 Yahweh, how fortunate are those who allow you to discipline them,

how fortunate are those whom you teach from your laws!

13 You relieve those people from bad things when they happen,

and someday you will punish the wicked people

and stop them from doing wicked things.

14 This will happen because Yahweh will not reject his people;

he will not desert those who belong to him.

15 Yes, someday judges will again decide matters fairly for people,

and all honest people will be pleased about that.

16 But when evil people oppressed me,

I could find no one to defend me

against the wicked things that evil people did to me.

17 If Yahweh had not helped me at that time,

I would have gone quickly to the place where dead people say nothing.

18 Just when I thought, “I am about to die,”

then, Yahweh, you saved me by being faithful and loving to me.

19 Whenever I am very worried,

you comfort me and cause me to be happy.

20 Corrupt rulers,

those who establish laws that allow people to do what is not right,

cannot be your friends.

21 They plot together how to destroy righteous people,

and they declare that innocent people must die.

22 But Yahweh has become like a fortress for me;

my God is like a huge rock that protects me.

23 He will do to those wicked leaders the terrible things that they have done to others;

he will get rid of them because they do wicked things.

Yes, Yahweh our God will get rid of them.