Psalms - Chapter 93

Passage

The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongs: the God of revenge has acted freely. Lift up yourself, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud. How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory? Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice? Your people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted your inheritance. They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless. And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand. Understand, you senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does he not consider? He that chastises nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teaches man knowledge? The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain. Blessed is the man whom you shall instruct, O Lord: and shall teach him out of your law. That you may give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked. For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance. Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart. Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity? Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. If I said: My foot is moved: your mercy, O Lord, assisted me. According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your comforts have given joy to my soul. Does the seat of iniquity stick to you, who framest labor in commandment? They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood. But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope. And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.