| 1 | O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show 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 thy heritage. |
| 6 | They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. |
| 7 | Yet they say, The LORD will not see, neither will 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 he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not 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 to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. |
| 16 | Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? 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 assemble themselves against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. |
| 22 | But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge. |
| 23 | And he will bring upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God will cut them off. |