1 | O LORD, thou God of vengeance, thou God of vengeance, shine forth! |
2 | Rise up, O judge of the earth; render to the proud their deserts! |
3 | O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? |
4 | They pour out their arrogant words, they boast, all the evildoers. |
5 | They crush thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage. |
6 | They slay the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; |
7 | and they say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive." |
8 | Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise? |
9 | He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see? |
10 | He who chastens the nations, does he not chastise? He who teaches men knowledge, |
11 | the LORD, knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath. |
12 | Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law |
13 | to give him respite from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. |
14 | For the LORD will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage; |
15 | for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. |
16 | Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers? |
17 | If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence. |
18 | When I thought, "My foot slips," thy steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. |
19 | When the cares of my heart are many, thy consolations cheer my soul. |
20 | Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute? |
21 | They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death. |
22 | But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge. |
23 | He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out. |