O LORD
God,
to whom vengeance
belongeth; O God,
to whom vengeance
belongeth, shew
thyself.
Lift up
thyself, thou judge
of the earth:
render
a reward
to the proud.
LORD,
how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked
triumph?
How long shall they utter
and speak
hard things?
and all the workers
of iniquity
boast
themselves?
They break in pieces
thy people,
O LORD,
and afflict
thine heritage.
They slay
the widow
and the stranger,
and murder
the fatherless.
Yet they say,
The LORD
shall not see,
neither shall the God
of Jacob
regard
it.
Understand,
ye brutish
among the people:
and ye fools,
when will ye be wise?
He that planted
the ear,
shall he not hear?
he that formed
the eye,
shall he not see?
He that chastiseth
the heathen,
shall not he correct?
he that teacheth
man
knowledge,
shall not he know?
The LORD
knoweth
the thoughts
of man,
that they are vanity.
Blessed
is the man
whom thou chastenest,
O LORD,
and teachest
him out of thy law;
That thou mayest give him rest
from the days
of adversity,
until the pit
be digged
for the wicked.
For the LORD
will not cast off
his people,
neither will he forsake
his inheritance.
But judgment
shall return
unto righteousness:
and all the upright
in heart
shall follow
it.
Who will rise up
for me against the evildoers?
or who will stand up
for me against the workers
of iniquity?
Unless
the LORD
had been my help,
my soul
had almost
dwelt
in silence.
When I said,
My foot
slippeth;
thy mercy,
O LORD,
held me up.
In the multitude
of my thoughts
within
me thy comforts
delight
my soul.
Shall the throne
of iniquity
have fellowship
with thee, which frameth
mischief
by a law?
They gather themselves together
against the soul
of the righteous,
and condemn
the innocent
blood.
But the LORD
is my defence;
and my God
is the rock
of my refuge.
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.
