^{1 Ref} God of vengeance -- Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.

^{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?

^{9 Ref} He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

^{10 Ref} He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge `is' Jehovah.

^{11 Ref} He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they `are' vanity.

^{12 Ref} O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

^{13 Ref} To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

^{14 Ref} For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

^{15 Ref} For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

^{16 Ref} Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

^{17 Ref} Unless Jehovah `were' a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

^{18 Ref} If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

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

^{20 Ref} Is a throne of mischief joined `with' Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

^{21 Ref} They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

^{22 Ref} And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God `is' for a rock -- my refuge,

^{23 Ref} And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!