| 1 | O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. |
| 2 | Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. |
| 3 | LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? |
| 4 | [How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? |
| 5 | They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. |
| 6 | They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. |
| 7 | Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it]. |
| 8 | Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise? |
| 9 | He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? |
| 10 | He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know]? |
| 11 | The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity. |
| 12 | Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; |
| 13 | That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. |
| 14 | For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. |
| 15 | But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. |
| 16 | Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? |
| 17 | Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. |
| 18 | When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. |
| 19 | In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. |
| 20 | Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? |
| 21 | They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. |
| 22 | But the LORD is my defence; and my God [is] the rock of my refuge. |
| 23 | And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; [yea], the LORD our God shall cut them off. |
