1O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
2Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
3How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
4They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
5Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
6The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
7Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
8Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
9He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?
10He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
11Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
12How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
14For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
15For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
16Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
17If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
18If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.
19In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.
20Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
21They make an attack on the life of the righteous one,—And, innocent blood, they condemn.
22But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
23Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.