2 Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
4 How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?
5 They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.
6 They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.
7 And they have said, "The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand."
8 Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.