The prophet, calling for justice, teacheth God's providence -- The blessedness of affliction.

¹⁾O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shewshow thyself.

²⁾Lift up thyself, thou judgeJudge of the earth:; render a reward to the proud.

³⁾LORDLord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

⁴⁾How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

⁵⁾They break in pieces thy people, O LORDLord, and afflict thine heritage.

⁶⁾They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

⁷⁾Yet they say, Thethe LORDLord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

⁸⁾Understand, ye brutish among the people:; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

⁹⁾He that plantedplanteth the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

¹⁰⁾He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

¹¹⁾The LORDLord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

¹²⁾Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORDLord, and teachest him out of thy law;

¹³⁾That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

¹⁴⁾For the LORDLord will not cast off his people,; neither will he forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵⁾But judgment shall return unto righteousness:; and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

¹⁶⁾Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

¹⁷⁾Unless the LORDLord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

¹⁸⁾When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORDLord, held me up.

¹⁹⁾In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

²⁰⁾Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

²¹⁾They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

²²⁾But the LORDLord is my defencedefense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

²³⁾And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORDLord our God shall cut them off.