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