O Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
Rise up, O Judge of the earth, give recompense to the proud.
How long shall the wicked, O Lord, how long shall the wicked exult?
They pour forth words, speaking proudly, and all who do evil boast.
They crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your inheritance.
O Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
They slay the widow and stranger, and even murder orphans.
They say, the Lord does not see us, nor does Jacob's God read.
We heed all fools of the nations, when will you fools understand?
He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, not see?
O Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
You do not rebuke who strikes nations, but one who teaches man knowledge.
The thoughts of man the Lord knows, that they are merely a breath.
The Lord blessed is the man whom you chasten, and whom you teach from your lot.
Relieved from days of trouble, while a pit is dug for the wicked.
O Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
The Lord won't abandon his people, nor will he leave his inheritance.
For judgment will turn for the righteous, all the upright in heart will follow.
He will stand with me against evil, with me against the wicked.
If the Lord had not been my help, then my soul would soon become mute.
O Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
If I say my foot is slipping, your love, O Lord, holds me up.
When alarming thoughts grow within me, then your comfort delights my soul.
Can a throne of ruin be united, which makes its laws out of mischief?
Set against the life of the righteous, and condemning the pure to death.
O Lord, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.
But the Lord has been my stronghold, my God the rock of my refuge.
He returns their evil upon them, they're destroyed by their own wickedness.
The Lord our God will destroy them.