God the of the Righteous

LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs-

O God, to whom vengeance belongs,

shine forth!

Rise up ! O Judge of the earth;

Render punishment to the proud.

LORD, how long will the wicked,

How long will the wicked triumph?

They utter speech, and speak

insolent things;

All the workers of inquity boast in 

themselves.

They break in pieces Your people,

O LORD,

And afflict Your heritage.

They slay the widiw and the stranger,

And murder the fatherless.

Yet they say, " The LORD does not see.

Nor does the God of Jacob understand."

Understand you senseless among the people;

And you fools, when will you be wise?

He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?

He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

He who instructors the nations, shall

He not correct,

He who teaches man knowledge?

The LORD knows the thoughts of man,

That they are futile.

Blessed is the man whom You 

instruct, O LORD,

And teach out of Your law,

That You may give him rest from

the days of adversity,

Until the pit is dug for the wicked.

For the LORD will not cast off His people,

Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

But judgment will return to 

righteousness,

And all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?

Who will stand up for me against

the workers of inquity?

Unless the LORD had been my help,

My soul would soon have settled in silence.

If I say, " My foot slips,"

Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up.

In the multitude of my anxieties

within me,

Your conforts delight my soul.

Shall the throne of inquity, which devises evil by law,

Have fellowship with You?

They gather together against the

life of the righteous,

And condemn innocent blood.

But the LORD has been my defense,

And my God the rock of my refuge.

He has brought on them their own inquity,

And shall cut them off in their own wickedness;

The LORD God shall cut them off.