^{1 Ref} Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, You God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

^{2 Ref} Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

^{3 Ref} Yahweh, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph?

^{4 Ref} They pour out arrogant words. All the evil-doers boast.

^{5 Ref} They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, And afflict your heritage.

^{6 Ref} They kill the widow and the alien, And murder the fatherless.

^{7 Ref} They say, "Yah will not see, Neither will Jacob's God consider."

^{8 Ref} Consider, you senseless among the people; You fools, when will you be wise?

^{9 Ref} He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?

^{10 Ref} He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

^{11 Ref} Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.

^{12 Ref} Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, And teach out of your law;

^{13 Ref} That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked.

^{14 Ref} For Yahweh won't reject his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

^{15 Ref} For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

^{16 Ref} Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?

^{17 Ref} Unless Yahweh had been my help, My soul would have soon lived in silence.

^{18 Ref} When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.

^{19 Ref} In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.

^{20 Ref} Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, Which brings about mischief by statute?

^{21 Ref} They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

^{22 Ref} But Yahweh has been my high tower, My God, the rock of my refuge.

^{23 Ref} He has brought on them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.