Psalms 94

1The Lord is God who punishes people. God, come punish them.

2You are the judge of the whole earth. Give proud people the punishment they deserve.

3LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate?

4How much longer will those criminals brag about the evil they did?

5Lord, they hurt your people and make them suffer.

6They kill widows and strangers living in their land, they murder orphans,

7And they say the Lord does not see them doing these evil things! They say the God of Jacob does not know what is happening.

8You evil people are foolish. When will you learn ? You are ignorant! When will you understand and become wise?

9God made our ears, so surely God can hear ! God made our eyes, so surely God can!

10God punishes other nations. Do you think that God will not punish you? God is the One who teaches people what they should know. Do you think that God Himself doesn’t know anything?

11The Lord knows what people think, God knows that their thoughts are like a puff of wind.

12Lord, great blessings belong to those you discipline, to those you teach from your law.

13You, Lord help them stay calm when trouble comes. You, Lord will help them until the wicked are put in their graves.

14The Lord will not throw his people away. The Lord will not leave the people who belong to Him.

15The people who must judge will be fair again, and all the honest people will do the same.

16Who will help me fight against the wicked people? Who will helped me against sinners who did bad things?

17And if the Lord had not helped me, I would have been silenced by death.

18I know I was ready to fall, your mercy, O LORD, continued to hold me up.

19I was very worried and upset, but you comforted me and made me happy!

20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, They use the law to make life hard for the people.

21They attack those who do right. They say innocent people are guilty and put them to death.

22But the Lord protects me. The Lord is my God and my Rock where I am safe.

23The Lord will punish those sinful people for the wrong things they have done. The Lord will destroy them for all the bad they have done. The Lord our God will cause them to die.