1 God of vengeance, Adonai, God of vengeance, shine forth!
2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth! Pay back to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long will the wicked, Adonai, how long will the wicked gloat?
4 They gush out, they speak arrogance— all the evildoers keep boasting.
5 They crush Your people, Adonai, and afflict Your heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the outsider, and murder the fatherless.
7 So they say: “Adonai does not see— the God of Jacob pays no attention.”
8 Pay attention, stupid among the people! Fools, when will you comprehend?
9 He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see?
10 He who chastens nations, will He not rebuke— One who teaches humanity knowledge?
11 Adonai knows human thoughts— they are but a breath.
12 Blessed is the one You discipline, Adonai, and teach him from Your Torah,
13 to give him rest from days of trouble —until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For Adonai will not forsake His people. He will never abandon His inheritance.
15 For rightness will be restored to justice, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
17 Unless Adonai had been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18 If I say: “My foot has slipped,” Your mercy, Adonai, will hold me up.
19 When my troubling thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations comfort my soul.
20 Can a throne of corruption be aligned with You—planning distress by decree?
21 They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22 But Adonai has been my fortress and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 He will repay them for their wickedness, and will annihilate them in their evil. Adonai our God will annihilate them.