[1] O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
[2] Lift up yourself, you 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 your people, O LORD, and afflict your 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, you brutish among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?
[9] He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
[10] He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?
[11] The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
[12] Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
[13] That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dig 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 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 dwelled in silence.
[18] When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.
[19] In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.
[20] Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames 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 defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
[23] And he shall bring on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
