Psalms 93

¹A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.

¹(94) A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.

²Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.

²Be you exalted, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud.

³How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?

⁴They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak [so].

⁵They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage.

⁵They have afflicted your people, O Lord, and hurt your heritage.

⁶They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.

⁷And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

⁸Understand now, ye simple among the people; and ye fools, at length be wise.

⁸Understand now, you⌃ simple among the people; and you⌃ fools, at length be wise.

⁹He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?

¹⁰He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge?

¹¹The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

¹²Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, and shalt teach him out of thy law;

¹²Blessed is the man whoever you shall chasten, O Lord, and shall teach him out of your law;

¹³to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.

¹⁴For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;

¹⁵until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Pause.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?

¹⁷If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.

¹⁸If I said, My foot has been moved;

¹⁹thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, thy consolations have soothed my soul.

¹⁹your mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, your consolation have soothed my soul.

²⁰Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by an ordinance?

²⁰Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by an ordinance?

²¹They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

²²But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.

²³And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.