1<\/sup>A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke?<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance,<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment?<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.<\/span> <\/p>\n