| 1 | A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver. |
| 2 | Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution. |
| 3 | How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory? |
| 4 | How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out? |
| 5 | They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance. |
| 6 | They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan. |
| 7 | And they have said, "The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand." |
| 8 | Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones. |
| 9 | He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely? |
| 10 | He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke? |
| 11 | The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain. |
| 12 | Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law. |
| 13 | So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners. |
| 14 | For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance, |
| 15 | even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart. |
| 16 | Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity? |
| 17 | Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell. |
| 18 | If ever I said, "My foot is slipping," then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me. |
| 19 | According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul. |
| 20 | Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment? |
| 21 | They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood. |
| 22 | And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope. |
| 23 | And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them. |
