1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
10 He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
13 So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
14 The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
22 But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
23 And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
1 耶和华啊！ 你是伸冤的 神； 伸冤的 神啊！ 求你显出荣光。
2 审判大地的主啊！ 求你起来， 使骄傲的人得到应得的报应。
3 耶和华啊！ 恶人得意要到几时呢？恶人欢乐要到几时呢？
4 他们不住地说骄傲的话， 所有作孽的人都夸耀自己。
5 耶和华啊！ 他们欺压你的子民， 苦害你的产业。
6 他们杀死寡妇和寄居的， 又杀害孤儿。
7 他们还说： "耶和华必看不见， 雅各的 神并不留意。"
8 民间的愚昧人哪！ 你们要留心； 愚顽人哪！ 你们要到几时才能明白呢？
9 那造耳朵的， 自己不能听见吗？那造眼睛的， 自己不能看见吗？
10 那管教万国的， 不施行审判吗？那教导人的， 自己没有知识吗？
11 耶和华知道人的意念是虚妄的。
12 耶和华啊！ 你所管教， 用律法教导的人， 是有福的。
13 在患难的日子， 你使他得享平安， 直到为恶人所预备的坑挖好了。
14 因为耶和华必不丢弃他的子民， 必不离弃他的产业。
15 因为审判必再转向公义， 所有心里正直的都必顺从。
16 谁肯为我起来攻击作恶的人呢？谁肯为我挺身而起对抗作孽的人呢？
17 如果不是耶和华帮助我， 我早就不在人世了（"我早就不在人世了"原文作"我早就住在寂静中"）。
18 我说： "我失了脚"， 耶和华啊！ 那时你的慈爱就扶持我。
19 我心里充满忧虑的时候， 你就安慰我， 使我的心欢乐。
20 凭着律例制造奸恶， 借着权位行毁灭的， 怎能和你相交呢？
21 他们集结起来攻击义人， 把无辜的人定了死罪。
22 但耶和华作了我的高台， 我的 神作了我避难的磐石。
23 他必使他们的罪孽归到他们身上， 他必因他们的罪恶灭绝他们； 耶和华我们的 神必把他们灭绝。