[1] God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth. [2] Be lifted up, judging the earth, || Send back a repayment on the proud. [3] Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult? [4] They utter—they speak arrogance, || All working iniquity boast [about] themselves. [5] Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, || And they afflict Your inheritance. [6] They slay widow and sojourner, || And they murder fatherless ones. [7] And they say, “YAH does not see, || And the God of Jacob does not consider.” [8] Consider, you brutish among the people, || And you foolish, when do you act wisely? [9] He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see? [10] He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH. [11] He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity. [12] O the blessedness of the man || Whom You instruct, O YAH, || And teach him out of Your law, [13] To give rest to him from days of evil, || While a pit is dug for the wicked. [14] For YHWH does not leave His people, || And does not forsake His inheritance. [15] For judgment turns back to righteousness, || And after it all the upright of heart. [16] Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity? [17] Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, || My soul had almost inhabited silence. [18] If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” || Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me. [19] In the abundance of my thoughts within me, || Your comforts delight my soul. [20] Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute? [21] They decree against the soul of the righteous, || And declare innocent blood wicked. [22] And YHWH is for a high place to me, || And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge, [23] And He turns back their iniquity on them, || And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
