¹O Lord God of vengeance,

O God of vengeance,

Shine forth.

²Be exalted, O judge of the earth;

Bring retribution to the proud.

³How long, O Lord, will the wicked ...

– How long will the wicked exult?

⁴They babble and speak insolently;

All those who commit iniquity are boasting.

⁵O Lord, they crush your people,

And they afflict your inheritance.

⁶They kill the widow and the foreigner,

And they murder orphans.

⁷And they have said,

“The Lord will not see”,

And, “The God of Jacob will not take notice.”

⁸Understand, you unscrupulous ones among the people;

And you fools,

When will you become wise?

⁹He who planted the ear

– Can he not hear?

Or he who formed the eye

– Can he not see?

¹⁰He who chastises the Gentiles

– Will he who teaches man knowledge

Not reprove?

¹²Happy is the man whom you, O Lord, chastise,

And whom you teach from your law,

¹³So as to give him rest from evil days,

Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

And he will not forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵For judgment will again become justice,

And all upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?

Who will take a stand for me

Against those who commit iniquity?

¹⁷If the Lord had not been a help to me,

My being would soon have dwelt in silence.

¹⁸Whenever I said,

“My foot is slipping”,

Your kindness, O Lord, supported me.

¹⁹In the profusion of perplexities within me,

Your consolations delighted my being.

²⁰Is the throne of cupidity associated with you

As it fashions vice by statute?

²¹They press down on the life of the righteous

And condemn innocent blood.

²²But the Lord became a high stronghold to me,

And my God the rock of my refuge.

²³And he requited them with their iniquity,

And he will cut them off in their wickedness;

The Lord our God will cut them off.

Reference(s) in Chapter 94: v.11 ↔ 1 Corinthians 3:20 ● v.14 ↔ Romans 11:2.