1 G od of vengeance -- Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.

2 B e lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

3 T ill when the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

4 T hey utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

5 T hy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

6 W idow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

7 A nd they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'

8 C onsider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

9 H e who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

10 H e who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge Jehovah.

11 H e knoweth the thoughts of man, that they vanity.

12 O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

13 T o give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

14 F or Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

15 F or to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

16 W ho riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

17 U nless Jehovah a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

18 I f I have said, `My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

19 I n the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

20 I s a throne of mischief joined Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

21 T hey decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

22 A nd Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God for a rock -- my refuge,

23 A nd turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!