¹ O God of vengeance, Jehovah, God of vengeance, shine forth!

² Lift up Yourself, Judge of the earth; give a just repayment to the proud.

³ How long shall the wicked, O LORD, how long shall the wicked exult?

⁴ They gush; they speak impudent things; all the workers of iniquity speak proudly.

⁵ They crush Your people, O LORD, and afflict Your inheritance.

⁶ They kill the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

⁷ Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, nor shall the God of Jacob observe it.

⁸ Understand, you beastly ones among the people; and fools, when will you be wise?

⁹ He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

¹⁰ He who chastens the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge?

¹¹ The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain.

¹² Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O LORD, to teach him out of Your law;

¹³ that You may give him rest from the days of trouble, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴ For the LORD will not cast off His people, nor will He forsake His inheritance.

¹⁵ But judgment shall return to righteousness; and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? 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 slips; Your mercy, O LORD, held me up.

¹⁹ In the multitude of my thoughts within me Your comforts delight my soul.

²⁰ Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, which frames mischief by a law?

²¹ They gather themselves against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

²² But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

²³ And He will bring on them their own iniquity, and He will cut them off in their evil. The LORD our God shall cut them off.