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Psalms
94
:
1
O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, appear!
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
2
Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give arrogant people what they deserve.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
3
How long, O LORD, will wicked people triumph? How long?
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
4
They ramble. They speak arrogantly. All troublemakers brag about themselves.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
5
They crush your people, O LORD. They make those who belong to you suffer.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
6
They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
7
They say, "The LORD doesn't see it. The God of Jacob doesn't even pay attention to it."
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
8
Pay attention, you stupid people! When will you become wise, you fools?
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
9
God created ears. Do you think he can't hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he can't see?
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
10
He disciplines nations. Do you think he can't punish? He teaches people. Do you think he doesn't know anything?
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
11
The LORD knows that people's thoughts are pointless.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
12
O LORD, blessed is the person whom you discipline and instruct from your teachings.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
13
You give him peace and quiet from times of trouble while a pit is dug to trap wicked people.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
14
The LORD will never desert his people or abandon those who belong to him.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
15
The decisions of judges will again become fair, and everyone whose motives are decent will pursue justice.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
16
Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will stand by my side against troublemakers?
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
17
If the LORD had not come to help me, my soul would have quickly fallen silent [in death].
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
18
When I said, "My feet are slipping," your mercy, O LORD, continued to hold me up.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
19
When I worried about many things, your assuring words soothed my soul.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
20
Are wicked rulers who use the law to do unlawful things able to be your partners?
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
21
They join forces to take the lives of righteous people. They condemn innocent people to death.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
22
The LORD has become my stronghold. My God has become my rock of refuge.
(GWT)
Psalms
94
:
23
He has turned their own wickedness against them. He will destroy them because of their sins. The LORD our God will destroy them.