¹ O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.

² Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.

³ Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

⁴ They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.

⁵ They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.

⁶ They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.

⁷ Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.

⁸ Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?

⁹ Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

¹⁰ Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?

¹¹ The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.

¹² Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,

¹³ That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.

¹⁴ Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵ For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after it.

¹⁶ Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?

¹⁷ If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.

¹⁸ When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.

¹⁹ In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.

²⁰ Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?

²¹ They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.

²² But the Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rocke of mine hope.

²³ And hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.