1. O Lord God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
2. Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation!
3. Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph and exult?
4. They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily. [Jude 14, 15.]
5. They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage.
6. They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan.
7. Yet they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it.
8. Consider and understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise?
9. He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see?
10. He Who disciplines and instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge?
11. The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile–only a breath). [I Cor. 3:20.]