Psalm 94-95

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Psalm 94

¹The Lord is a God who avenges.^(A)
    O God who avenges, shine forth.^(B)
²Rise up,^(C) Judge^(D) of the earth;
    pay back^(E) to the proud what they deserve.
³How long, Lord, will the wicked,
    how long will the wicked be jubilant?^(F)

⁴They pour out arrogant^(G) words;
    all the evildoers are full of boasting.^(H)
⁵They crush your people,^(I) Lord;
    they oppress your inheritance.^(J)
⁶They slay the widow^(K) and the foreigner;
    they murder the fatherless.^(L)
⁷They say, “The Lord does not see;^(M)
    the God of Jacob^(N) takes no notice.”

⁸Take notice, you senseless ones^(O) among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?
⁹Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
    Does he who formed the eye not see?^(P)
¹⁰Does he who disciplines^(Q) nations not punish?
    Does he who teaches^(R) mankind lack knowledge?
¹¹The Lord knows all human plans;^(S)
    he knows that they are futile.^(T)

¹²Blessed is the one you discipline,^(U) Lord,
    the one you teach^(V) from your law;
¹³you grant them relief from days of trouble,^(W)
    till a pit^(X) is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴For the Lord will not reject his people;^(Y)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.
¹⁵Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,^(Z)
    and all the upright in heart^(AA) will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up^(AB) for me against the wicked?
    Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?^(AC)
¹⁷Unless the Lord had given me help,^(AD)
    I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^(AE)
¹⁸When I said, “My foot is slipping,^(AF)”
    your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
¹⁹When anxiety^(AG) was great within me,
    your consolation^(AH) brought me joy.

²⁰Can a corrupt throne^(AI) be allied with you—
    a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?^(AJ)
²¹The wicked band together^(AK) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent^(AL) to death.^(AM)
²²But the Lord has become my fortress,
    and my God the rock^(AN) in whom I take refuge.^(AO)
²³He will repay^(AP) them for their sins
    and destroy^(AQ) them for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalm 95

¹Come,^(AR) let us sing for joy^(AS) to the Lord;
let us shout aloud^(AT) to the Rock^(AU) of our salvation.
²Let us come before him^(AV) with thanksgiving^(AW)
and extol him with music^(AX) and song.

³For the Lord is the great God,^(AY)
    the great King^(AZ) above all gods.^(BA)
⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(BB)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.^(BC)

⁶Come, let us bow down^(BD) in worship,^(BE)
    let us kneel^(BF) before the Lord our Maker;^(BG)
⁷for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,^(BH)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
⁸“Do not harden your hearts^(BI) as you did at Meribah,^[a]^(BJ)
    as you did that day at Massah^[b] in the wilderness,^(BK)
⁹where your ancestors tested^(BL) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
¹⁰For forty years^(BM) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,^(BN)
    and they have not known my ways.’^(BO)
¹¹So I declared on oath^(BP) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”^(BQ)