[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.