O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

A G d of vengeance is the L rd; O G d of vengeance, shine forth.

Lift up Thyself, Thou judge of the earth: render to the proud their recompense.

Be exalted, Judge of the earth; return recompense to the haughty!

Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

How long will the wicked — O L rd — how long will the wicked rejoice?

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

[How long] will they speak, uttering arrogance? [How long] will they vaunt themselves, all the workers of iniquity?

They crush Thy people, O Lord, and afflict Thy heritage.

Your people, O L rd, they break; Your inheritance, they afflict.

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

They kill widow and stranger [i.e., proselyte] and they murder orphans.

Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, nor shall the God of Ya῾aqov regard it.

And they say: The L rd will not see; the G d of Jacob will not understand.

Understand, you brutish among the people: and fools, when will you be wise?

Understand, you brutish among the people. Fools, when will you be wise?

He That planted the ear, shall he not hear? he That formed the eye, shall he not see?

The planter of the ear — Will He not hear [the outcry of His people]? The former of the eye — Will He not see [their pain]?

He That chastises nations, shall he not correct? he That teaches man knowledge?

The reprover of nations — Will He not chastise [you]? The teacher of knowledge to man — [Will He not hold you accountable for this knowledge?]

The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

The L rd knows the thoughts of man [i.e., your presumptions to the crown] — [know] that they are vanity.

Blessed is the man whom Thou dost chasten, O Lord, and teachest him out of Thy Tora,

Happy is the man [i.e., the tzaddikim] whom You afflict [at their hands], O L rd, and whom You teach from Your Torah [i.e., who occupy themselves with Torah and mitzvoth in spite of their afflictions.]

that Thou mayst give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

To grant him peace from days of evil [(afflictions sparing them Gehinnom)], while a pit is dug for the wicked.

For the Lord will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.

For the L rd will not forsake His people and He will not abandon His inheritance.

But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

For until righteousness [is attained (i.e., until they are purged)] judgment [i.e., afflictions] will return, and afterwards, all the just of heart [will gather for reward].

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Who [i.e., Whose merit] will arise for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.

Were the L rd not a help to me, in but a short while my soul would dwell in silence.

When I said, My foot slips; Thy steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.

When I am about to say my foot has failed, the lovingkindness of the L rd sustains me.

When my cares within me were many, Thy comforts would cheer my soul.

In the welter of my [(troubled)] thoughts within me, Your consolations restore my soul.

Shall the seat of iniquity, framing mischief by law, have fellowship with Thee?

Will the throne of wrong be joined to You? the fashioning of deceit into statute?

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

They gather in troops against the soul of the righteous one and condemn innocent blood.

But the Lord has become my defence; and my God, the rock of my refuge.

But the L rd was a stronghold to me; my G d, the rock of my shelter.

And he brings upon them their own iniquity, and he cuts them off in their own wickedness; the Lord our God cuts them off.

And He turned their violence upon them. And by their [very] evil He will cut them off. The L rd our G d will cut them off.