MLV(i)
1 O Jehovah, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
2 Lift up yourself, judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.
3 Jehovah, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph? 4 They pour out words, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of wickedness boast of themselves.
5 They break in pieces your people, O Jehovah and afflict your heritage. 6 They kill the widow and the traveler and murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
8 Consider, you* the stupid among the people and you* fools, when will you* be wise? 9 He who planted the ear, will he not hear? He who formed the eye, will he not see?
10 He who disciplines the nations, will he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?
11 Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 The man whom you discipline is fortunate, O Jehovah and teach out of your law, 13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for a wicked man.
14 Because Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance. 15 Because judgment will return to righteousness and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of wickedness?
17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence. 18 When I said, My foot slips, your loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up. 19 Your comforts delight my soul in the multitude of my thoughts within me.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by statute? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man and condemn innocent blood.
22 But Jehovah has been my high tower and my God, the rock of my refuge.
23 And he has brought upon them their own wickedness and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Jehovah our God will cut them off.
3 Jehovah, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph? 4 They pour out words, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of wickedness boast of themselves.
5 They break in pieces your people, O Jehovah and afflict your heritage. 6 They kill the widow and the traveler and murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
8 Consider, you* the stupid among the people and you* fools, when will you* be wise? 9 He who planted the ear, will he not hear? He who formed the eye, will he not see?
10 He who disciplines the nations, will he not correct, even he who teaches man knowledge?
11 Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 The man whom you discipline is fortunate, O Jehovah and teach out of your law, 13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for a wicked man.
14 Because Jehovah will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance. 15 Because judgment will return to righteousness and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of wickedness?
17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence. 18 When I said, My foot slips, your loving kindness, O Jehovah, held me up. 19 Your comforts delight my soul in the multitude of my thoughts within me.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by statute? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man and condemn innocent blood.
22 But Jehovah has been my high tower and my God, the rock of my refuge.
23 And he has brought upon them their own wickedness and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Jehovah our God will cut them off.