1 God of vengeance, O LORD, God of vengeance, shine out!
2 Lift yourself up, Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they have earned.
3 Until when will the wicked, O LORD, until when will the wicked triumph?
4 They pour forth insolent speech; all who do iniquity talk big.
5 Your people, O LORD, they crush, and your inheritance they oppress.
6 Widow and stranger they slay, and orphans they murder.
7 And they say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no attention."
8 Take note, you senseless among the people! Fools, when will you have insight?
9 Does the one who planted the ear not hear? Does the one who shaped the eye not see?
10 Does the one who corrects nations not punish, the one who teaches man knowledge?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are a vapor.
12 Blessed is the man you correct, O LORD, and instruct from your law,
13 to give him quiet from days of evil, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not abandon his people, nor forsake his inheritance;
15 for judgment will turn back to righteousness, and all the upright of heart will go after it.
16 Who will rise for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against those who do iniquity?
17 Unless the LORD had helped me, my soul would almost have dwelt in silence.
18 If I said, "My foot is slipping," your steadfast love, O LORD, supported me.
19 When my worries multiply within me, your comforts delight my soul.
20 Can the throne of ruin be your partner, one that shapes trouble by decree?
21 They gather against the soul of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.
22 But the LORD has been my high refuge, and my God the rock where I take shelter.
23 And he will turn their iniquity back on them and cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God will cut them off.