[94:1] Lord, you are a God who punishes; reveal your anger!
[94:2] You are the judge of us all; rise and give the proud what they deserve!
[94:3] How much longer will the wicked be glad? How much longer, Lord?
[94:4] How much longer will criminals be proud and boast about their crimes?
[94:5] They crush your people, Lord; they oppress those who belong to you.
[94:6] They kill widows and orphans, and murder the strangers who live in our land.
[94:7] They say, “The Lord does not see us; the God of Israel does not notice.”
[94:8] My people, how can you be such stupid fools? When will you ever learn?
[94:9] God made our ears—can't he hear? He made our eyes—can't he see?
[94:10] He scolds the nations—won't he punish them? He is the teacher of us all—hasn't he any knowledge?
[94:11] The Lord knows what we think; he knows how senseless our reasoning is.
[94:12] Lord, how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law!
[94:13] You give them rest from days of trouble until a pit is dug to trap the wicked.
[94:14] The Lord will not abandon his people; he will not desert those who belong to him.
[94:15] Justice will again be found in the courts, and all righteous people will support it.
[94:16] Who stood up for me against the wicked? Who took my side against the evildoers?
[94:17] If the Lord had not helped me, I would have gone quickly to the land of silence.
[94:18] I said, “I am falling”; but your constant love, O Lord, held me up.
[94:19] Whenever I am anxious and worried, you comfort me and make me glad.
[94:20] You have nothing to do with corrupt judges, who make injustice legal,
[94:21] who plot against good people and sentence the innocent to death.
[94:22] But the Lord defends me; my God protects me.
[94:23] He will punish them for their wickedness and destroy them for their sins; the Lord our God will destroy them.