Elאֵלof vengeances,נְקָמוֹתYHWH,יְהוָהElאֵלof vengeances,נְקָמוֹתshine forth!הוֹפִיַע
Lift yourself up,הִנָּשֵׂאjudgeשֹׁפֵטof the earth;הָאָרֶץreturnהָשֵׁבtheir recompenseגְּמוּלto the proud.עַל גֵּאִים
How longעַד מָתַיshall the wicked,רְשָׁעִיםYHWH,יְהוָהhow longעַד מָתַיshall the wickedרְשָׁעִיםexult?יַעֲלֹזוּ
They pour out,יַבִּיעוּthey speakיְדַבְּרוּinsolence;עָתָקallכָּלthe workersפֹּעֲלֵיof wickednessאָוֶןboast.יִתְאַמְּרוּ
Your people,עַמְּךָYHWH,יְהוָהthey crush,יְדַכְּאוּand your inheritanceוְנַחֲלָתְךָthey afflict.יְעַנּוּ
The widowאַלְמָנָהand the resident alienוְגֵרthey kill,יַהֲרֹגוּand the orphansוִיתוֹמִיםthey murder.יְרַצֵּחוּ
And they say,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Yahיָּהּdoes notלֹאsee,יִרְאֶהand the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Jacobיַעֲקֹבdoes notוְלֹאunderstand.”יָבִין
Understand,בִּינוּyou stupid onesבֹּעֲרִיםamong the people;בָּעָםand you foolish ones,וּכְסִילִיםwhenמָתַיwill you have insight?תַּשְׂכִּילוּ
He who plantedהֲנֹטַעthe ear,אֹזֶןdoes he notהֲלֹאhear?יִשְׁמָעHe who formedאִם יֹצֵרthe eye,עַיִןdoes he notהֲלֹאlook?יַבִּיט
He who correctsהֲיֹסֵרnations,גּוֹיִםdoes he notהֲלֹאreprove?יוֹכִיחַhe who teachesהַמְלַמֵּדhuman beingsאָדָםknowledge!דָּעַת
YHWHיְהוָהknowsיֹדֵעַthe thoughtsמַחְשְׁבוֹתof human beings,אָדָםthatכִּיtheyהֵמָּהare vapor.הָבֶל
Happy isאַשְׁרֵיthe manהַגֶּבֶרwhomאֲשֶׁרyou correct,תְּיַסְּרֶנּוּYah,יָּהּand from your instructionוּמִתּוֹרָתְךָyou teach him,תְלַמְּדֶנּוּ
to give him calmלְהַשְׁקִיט לוֹfrom the daysמִימֵיof evil,רָעuntilעַדthe pitשָׁחַתis dugיִכָּרֶהfor the wicked.לָרָשָׁע
ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהwill notלֹאabandonיִטֹּשׁhis people,עַמּוֹand his inheritanceוְנַחֲלָתוֹhe will notלֹאforsake.יַעֲזֹב
Forכִּיjudgmentמִשְׁפָּטwill returnיָשׁוּבto righteousness,עַד צֶדֶקand after itוְאַחֲרָיוallכָּלthe uprightיִשְׁרֵיin heart.לֵב
Whoמִיwill rise upיָקוּםfor meלִיagainstעִםevildoers?מְרֵעִיםWhoמִיwill take his standיִתְיַצֵּבfor meלִיagainstעִםthe workersפֹּעֲלֵיof wickedness?אָוֶן
UnlessלוּלֵיYHWHיְהוָהhad been a helpעֶזְרָתָהto me,לִּיmy soulנַפְשִׁיwould soonכִּמְעַטhave dweltשָׁכְנָהin the silence.דוּמָה
WhenאִםI said,אָמַרְתִּי“My footרַגְלִיslips,”מָטָהyour loyal love,חַסְדְּךָYHWH,יְהוָהupheld me.יִסְעָדֵנִי
In the multitudeבְּרֹבof my anxious thoughtsשַׂרְעַפַּיwithin me,בְּקִרְבִּיyour consolationsתַּנְחוּמֶיךָdelightיְשַׁעַשְׁעוּmy soul.נַפְשִׁי
Can a throneהַ כִּסֵּאof calamitiesהַוּוֹתbe allied with you,יְחָבְרְךָone that formsיֹצֵרsufferingעָמָלuponעֲלֵיa statute?חֹק
They band togetherיָגוֹדּוּagainst the soulעַל נֶפֶשׁof the righteous,צַדִּיקand innocentוְ נָקִיbloodדָםthey declare guilty.יַרְשִׁיעוּ
But YHWHוַ יְהוָהhas beenיְהִיfor meלִיa high refuge,לְמִשְׂגָּבand my Elohimוֵאלֹהַיthe rockלְצוּרof my refuge.מַחְסִי
And he will turn backוַיָּשֶׁבupon themעֲלֵיהֶםtheir wickedness,אֶת אוֹנָםand in their evilוּבְרָעָתָםhe will annihilate them;יַצְמִיתֵםYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּwill annihilate them.יַצְמִיתֵם