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94:1  O Lord God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
94:2  Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation!
94:3  Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph and exult?
94:4  They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily.
94:5  They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage.
94:6  They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan.
94:7  Yet they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it.
94:8  Consider and understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise?
94:9  He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see?
94:10  He Who disciplines and instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge?
94:11  The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile—only a breath).
94:12  Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law,
94:13  That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked.
94:14  For the Lord will not cast off nor spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage.
94:15  For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
94:16  Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
94:17  Unless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence.
94:18  When I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, held me up.
94:19  In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul!
94:20  Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You—they who frame and hide their unrighteous doings under [the sacred name of] law?
94:21  They band themselves together against the life of the [consistently] righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
94:22  But the Lord has become my High Tower and Defense, and my God the Rock of my refuge.
94:23  And He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.