1O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth: thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
2Arise thou judge of the world, and reward to the proud after their deserving.
3LORD, how long shall the ungodly, how long shall the ungodly triumph?
4How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully,(disdaynedly) and make such proud boasting?
5They smite down thy people, O LORD, and trouble thine heritage.
6They murder(murthur) the widow and the stranger, and put the fatherless to death.
7And yet they say: Tush, the LORD seeth not, the God of Jacob regardeth it not.
8Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, when will ye understand?
9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that made the eye, shall not he see?
10He that nurtureth the Heathen, and teacheth a man knowledge, shall not he punish?
11The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are but vain.
12Blessed is the man, whom thou learnest, (O LORD) and teachest him in thy law.
13That thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity, until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.
14For the LORD will not fail his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15And why? judgment shall be turned again unto righteousness, and all such as be true of heart shall follow it.
16Who riseth up with me against the wicked? who taketh my part against the evil doers?
17If the LORD had not helped me, my soul had almost been put to silence.
18When I said: My foot hath slipped, thy mercy (O LORD) held me up.
19In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, thy comforts have refreshed my soul.
20Wilt thou have anything to do with the stool of wickedness, which imagineth mischief in the law?
21They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22But the LORD is my refuge, my God is the strength of my confidence.
23He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice: yea the LORD our God shall destroy them.