1. O Lord, the God who avenges!O God who avenges, reveal your splendor!
2. Rise up, O judge of the earth!Pay back the proud!
3. O Lord, how long will the wicked,how long will the wicked celebrate?
4. They spew out threats and speak defiantly;all the evildoers boast.
5. O Lord, they crush your people;they oppress the nation that belongs to you.
6. They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land,and they murder the fatherless.
7. Then they say, “The Lord does not see this;the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
8. Take notice of this, you ignorant people!You fools, when will you ever understand?