1 Ó Senhor, Deus das vinganças,
ó Deus das vinganças, resplandece.
2 Exalta-te, ó juiz da terra;
dá o pago aos soberbos.
3 Até quando, Senhor, os perversos,
até quando exultarão os perversos?
4 Proferem impiedades e falam coisas duras;
vangloriam-se os que praticam a iniquidade.
5 Esmagam o teu povo, Senhor,
e oprimem a tua herança.
6 Matam a viúva e o estrangeiro
e aos órfãos assassinam.
7 E dizem: O Senhor não o vê;
nem disso faz caso o Deus de Jacó.
8 Atendei, ó estúpidos dentre o povo;
e vós, insensatos, quando sereis prudentes?
9 O que fez o ouvido, acaso, não ouvirá?
E o que formou os olhos será que não enxerga?
10 Porventura, quem repreende as nações não há de punir?
Aquele que aos homens dá conhecimento não tem sabedoria?
11 O Senhor conhece os pensamentos do homem,
que são pensamentos vãos.
12 Bem-aventurado o homem, Senhor, a quem tu repreendes,
a quem ensinas a tua lei,
13 para lhe dares descanso dos dias maus,
até que se abra a cova para o ímpio.
14 Pois o Senhor não há de rejeitar o seu povo,
nem desamparar a sua herança.
15 Mas o juízo se converterá em justiça,
e segui-la-ão todos os de coração reto.
16 Quem se levantará a meu favor, contra os perversos?
Quem estará comigo contra os que praticam a iniquidade?
17 Se não fora o auxílio do Senhor,
já a minha alma estaria na região do silêncio.
18 Quando eu digo: resvala-me o pé,
a tua benignidade, Senhor, me sustém.
19 Nos muitos cuidados que dentro de mim se multiplicam,
as tuas consolações me alegram a alma.
20 Pode, acaso, associar-se contigo o trono da iniquidade,
o qual forja o mal, tendo uma lei por pretexto?
21 Ajuntam-se contra a vida do justo
e condenam o sangue inocente.
22 Mas o Senhor é o meu baluarte e o meu Deus,
o rochedo em que me abrigo.
23 Sobre eles faz recair a sua iniquidade
e pela malícia deles próprios os destruirá;
o Senhor, nosso Deus, os exterminará.
1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth,
Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth:
Render to the proud their desert.
3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked,
How long shall the wicked triumph?
4 They prate, they speak arrogantly:
All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah,
And afflict thy heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the sojourner,
And murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, Jehovah will not see,
Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
8 Consider, 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 nations, shall not he correct,
Even he that teacheth man knowledge?
11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man,
That they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah,
And teachest 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 Jehovah will not cast off his people,
Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness;
And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless Jehovah had been my help,
My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth;
Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee,
Which frameth mischief by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
And condemn the innocent blood.
22 But Jehovah hath been my high tower,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity,
And will cut them off in their own wickedness;
Jehovah our God will cut them off.
1 The LORD is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?
4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.
5 They crush your people, LORD; they oppress your inheritance.
6 They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
7 They say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice."
8 Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
9 Does he who fashioned the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?
10 Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
11 The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from your law;
13 you grant them relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.
15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
17 Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
18 When I said, "My foot is slipping," your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.
19 When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you — a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
21 The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
23 He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.