1 O Lord God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

2 R ise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation!

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

3 L ord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph and exult?

Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

4 T hey pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily.

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

5 T hey crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage.

They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.

6 T hey slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan.

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

7 Y et they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it.

Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

8 C onsider and understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you fools, when will you become wise?

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

9 H e Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see?

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

10 H e Who disciplines and instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge?

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

11 T he Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile—only a breath).

The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

12 B lessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law,

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

13 T hat You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the pit of corruption is dug for the wicked.

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

14 F or the Lord will not cast off nor spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage.

For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15 F or justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

16 W ho will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

17 U nless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in silence.

Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

18 W hen I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, held me up.

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

19 I n the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul!

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

20 S hall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You—they who frame and hide their unrighteous doings under law?

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

21 T hey band themselves together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

22 B ut the Lord has become my High Tower and Defense, and my God the Rock of my refuge.

But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

23 A nd He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.

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.