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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Psalm 94 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/94.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/94-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Psalm 94</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/93.htm" title="Psalm 93">◄</a> Psalm 94 <a href="../psalms/95.htm" title="Psalm 95">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/94.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">God Avenges His Own</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>God of vengeance,</p> <p class="poetry2">LORD God of vengeance,</p> <p class="poetry2">display your splendor!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="94:1 The Heb. lacks your splendor">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Stand up, judge of the earth,</p> <p class="poetry2">and repay the proud.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>How long will the wicked, LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">how long will the wicked continue to triumph?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When they speak, they spew arrogance.</p> <p class="poetry2">Everyone who practices iniquity brags about it.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="94:4 The Heb. lacks about it">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>LORD, they have crushed your people,</p> <p class="poetry2">afflicting your heritage.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The wicked<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="94:6 Lit. They">c</a></span> kill widows and foreigners;</p> <p class="poetry2">they murder orphans.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They say, “The LORD cannot see,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the God of Jacob will not notice.”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Pay attention, you dull ones among the crowds!</p> <p class="poetry2">You fools! Will you ever become wise?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The one who formed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="94:9 Lit. planted">d</a></span> the ear can hear, can he not?</p> <p class="poetry2">The one who made the eyes can see, can he not?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The one who disciplines nations can rebuke them, can he not?</p> <p class="poetry2">The one who teaches mankind can discern, can he not?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The LORD knows the thoughts of human beings—</p> <p class="poetry2">that they are futile.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>How blessed is the man whom you instruct, LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">whom you teach from your Law,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>keeping him calm when times are troubled</p> <p class="poetry2">until a pit has been dug for the wicked.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For the LORD will not forsake his people;</p> <p class="poetry2">he will not abandon his heritage.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Righteousness will be restored with justice,</p> <p class="poetry2">and all the pure of heart will follow it.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Who will rise up for me against the wicked?</p> <p class="poetry2">Who will stand for me against those who practice iniquity?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If the LORD had not been my helper,</p> <p class="poetry2">I would have quickly become silent.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When I say that my foot is shaking,</p> <p class="poetry2">your gracious love, LORD, will sustain me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When my anxious inner thoughts become overwhelming,</p> <p class="poetry2">your comfort encourages me.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Will destructive national leaders,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="94:20 Lit. destructive throne">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law,</p> <p class="poetry2">be allied with you?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They gather together against the righteous,</p> <p class="poetry2">condemning the innocent to death.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the LORD is my stronghold,</p> <p class="poetry2">and my God, the rock, is my refuge.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/94-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He will repay them for their sin;</p> <p class="poetry2">he will annihilate them because of their evil.</p> <p class="poetry2">The LORD our God will annihilate them.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 94:1 The Heb. lacks <i>your splendor</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 94:4 The Heb. lacks <i>about it</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 94:6 Lit. <i>They</i><br 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