- A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver
- Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution
- How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory
- How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out
- They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance
- They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan
- And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.
- Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones
- He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely
- He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke
- The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain
- Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law
- So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners
- For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance
- even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart
- Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity
- Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell
- If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me
- According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul
- Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment
- They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood
- And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope
- And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them