---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 94
verse_count: 23
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 94, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 94

*TJte prophet, calling for justice, teacheth God's providence The blessedness of affliction.*

**1** Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.
**2** Lift up thyself, thou Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
**3** Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
**4** How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
**5** They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.
**6** They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
**7** Yet they say, the Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
**8** Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
**9** He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
**10** He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
**11** The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
**12** Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
**13** That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
**14** For the Lord will not cast off his people; neither will he forsake his inheritance.
**15** But judgment shall return unto righteousness; and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
**16** Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
**17** Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
**18** When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
**19** In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
**20** Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
**21** They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
**22** But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
**23** And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.