1O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth,
2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth:
3Jehovah, how long shall the wicked,
4They prate, they speak arrogantly:
5They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah,
6They slay the widow and the sojourner,
7And they say, Jehovah will not see,
8Consider, ye brutish among the people;
9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?
10He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct,
11Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man,
12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah,
13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity,
14For Jehovah will not cast off his people,
15For judgment shall return unto righteousness;
16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers?
17Unless Jehovah had been my help,
18When I said, My foot slippeth;
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me
20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee,
21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
22But Jehovah hath been my high tower,
23And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity,