1 Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs,

you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

2 Rise up, you judge of the earth.

Pay back the proud what they deserve.

3 Yahweh, how long will the wicked,

how long will the wicked triumph?

4 They pour out arrogant words.

All the evildoers boast.

5 They break your people in pieces, Yahweh,

and afflict your heritage.

6 They kill the widow and the alien,

and murder the fatherless.

7 They say, "Yah will not see,

neither will Jacob’s God consider."

8 Consider, you senseless among the people;

you fools, when will you be wise?

9 He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear?

He who formed the eye, won’t he see?

10 He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish?

He who teaches man knows.

11 Yahweh knows the thoughts of man,

that they are futile.

12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah,

and teach out of your law,

13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity,

until the pit is dug for the wicked.

14 For Yahweh won’t reject his people,

neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15 For judgment will return to righteousness.

All the upright in heart shall follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked?

Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

17 Unless Yahweh had been my help,

my soul would have soon lived in silence.

18 When I said, "My foot is slipping!"

Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.

19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me,

your comforts delight my soul.

20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you,

which brings about mischief by statute?

21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,

and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But Yahweh has been my high tower,

my God, the rock of my refuge.

23 He has brought on them their own iniquity,

and will cut them off in their own wickedness.

Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.

1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, 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, JAH shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it].

8 Understand, ye carnal [ones] 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 chastens the Gentiles, shall he not 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 thou dost chasten, O JAH, and teach him out of thy law,

13 to cause him to rest in the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15 But the judgment shall be returned unto 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 would have quickly dwelt [with] the dead.

18 When I said, My foot slips, 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, who creates toil under [the guise of] law?

21 They gather [themselves together] as an army against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But the LORD is my refuge, and my God [is] the rock of my trust.

23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; [yea], the LORD our God shall cut them off.: