^{2 Ref} Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

^{3 Ref} Till when `do' the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

^{4 Ref} They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

^{5 Ref} Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

^{6 Ref} Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

^{7 Ref} And they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'

^{8 Ref} Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?