Long day! Bless the Lord, oh my soul!
Psalm 94
The Lord is a God who avenges.
O God who avenges,
shine forth.
Rise up, Judge of the earth;
pay back to the
proud what they deserve.
How long, Lord, will the wicked,
how long will the
wicked be jubilant?
They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.
They crush your people, Lord;
they oppress your
inheritance.
They slay the widow and the foreigner;
they murder the
fatherless.
They say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob
takes no notice.”
Take notice, you senseless ones among the people;
you fools, when
will you become wise?
Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
Does he who formed
the eye not see?
Does he who disciplines nations not punish?
Does he who
teaches mankind lack knowledge?
The Lord knows all human plans;
he knows that they
are futile.
Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord,
the one you teach
from your law;
you grant them relief from days of trouble,
till a pit is dug
for the wicked.
For the Lord will not reject his people;
he will never
forsake his inheritance.
Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,
and all the
upright in heart will follow it.
Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will take a
stand for me against evildoers?
Unless the Lord had given me help,
I would soon have
dwelt in the silence of death.
When I said, “My foot is slipping,”
your unfailing
love, Lord, supported me.
When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation
brought me joy.
Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—
a throne that
brings on misery by its decrees?
The wicked band together against the righteous
and condemn the
innocent to death.
But the Lord has become my fortress,
and my God the
rock in whom I take refuge.
He will repay them for their sins
and destroy them
for their wickedness;
the Lord our God
will destroy them.
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