| 1 | O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen. |
| 2 | Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride. |
| 3 | How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us? |
| 4 | Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves. |
| 5 | Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled, |
| 6 | They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father; |
| 7 | And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it. |
| 8 | Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise? |
| 9 | Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed? |
| 10 | He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man? |
| 11 | The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath. |
| 12 | Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law; |
| 13 | So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners. |
| 14 | The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage; |
| 15 | But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true. |
| 16 | Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil? |
| 17 | If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death. |
| 18 | If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support. |
| 19 | Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul. |
| 20 | What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law? |
| 21 | They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong. |
| 22 | But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe. |
| 23 | And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them. |
