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94:1  The Lord is a God who punishes people. God, come punish them.
94:2  You are the judge of the whole earth. Give proud people the punishment they deserve.
94:3  Lord, how long will the wicked have their fun? How much longer?
94:4  How much longer will those criminals brag about the evil they did?
94:5  Lord, they hurt your people and make them suffer.
94:6  They kill widows and foreigners living in our country. They murder orphans.
94:7  And they say the Lord does not see them doing these evil things! They say the God of Jacob does not know what is happening.
94:8  You evil people are foolish. When will you learn your lesson? You are so stupid! You must try to understand.
94:9  God made our ears, so surely he can hear what is happening! He made our eyes, so surely he can see you!
94:10  The one who disciplines nations will surely correct you. He is the one who teaches us everything.
94:11  The Lord knows what people are thinking. He knows that their thoughts are like a puff of wind.
94:12  Lord, great blessings belong to those you discipline, to those you teach from your law.
94:13  You help them stay calm when trouble comes. You will help them until the wicked are put in their graves.
94:14  The Lord will not leave his people. He will not leave them without help.
94:15  Justice will return and bring fairness. And those who want to do right will be there to see it.
94:16  No one helped me fight against the wicked. No one stood with me against those who do evil.
94:17  And if the Lord had not helped me, I would have been silenced by death.
94:18  I know I was ready to fall, but, Lord, your faithful love supported me.
94:19  I was very worried and upset, but you comforted me and made me happy!
94:20  You don’t help crooked judges. They use the law to make life hard for the people.
94:21  They attack those who do right. They say innocent people are guilty and put them to death.
94:22  But the Lord is my place of safety, high on the mountain. God, my Rock, is my safe place!
94:23  He will punish those evil judges for the bad things they did. He will destroy them because they sinned. The Lord our God will destroy them.