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