1O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
2Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
3How long, O LORD! shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
4How long shall their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
5O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
6They slay the widow, and the stranger, And murder the fatherless;
7And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
8Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye be wise?
9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?