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[A Psalm of David for the fourth day of the week.]
[1] The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.
[2] Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
[3] How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?
[4] They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak so.
[5] They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage.
[6] They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.
[7] And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
[8] Understand now, ye simple among the people; and ye fools, at length be wise.
[9] He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?
[10] He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, even he that teaches man knowledge?
[11] The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
[12] Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, and shalt teach him out of thy law;
[13] to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.
[14] For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
[15] until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Pause.
[16] Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?
[17] If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.
[18] If I said, My foot has been moved;
[19] thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, thy consolation have soothed my soul.
[20] Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by an ordinance?
[21] They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
[22] But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.
[23] And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.
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