1O Lord God the avenger, O God the avenger, show thyself clearly.
2Exalt thyself, O Judge of the world, and render a reward to the proud.
3Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4They prate and speak fiercely: all the workers of iniquity vaunt themselves.
5They smite down thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Jacob regard it.
8Understand, ye unwise among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not know?
11The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12Blessed is the man whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Law,
13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, while the pit is dug for the wicked.
14Surely the Lord will not fail his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15For judgment shall return to justice, and all the upright in heart shall follow after it.
16Who will rise up with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquity?
17If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
18When I said, My foot slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
19In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comforts have rejoiced my soul.
20Hath the throne of iniquity fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Law?
21They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22But the Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rock of mine hope.
23And he will recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice, yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them.