2 Lift up thyself thou judge of the earth render a reward to the proud

3 LORD 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 LORD and afflict thine heritage

6 They slay the widow and the stranger and murder the fatherless

7 Yet they say The LORD 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 planted 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 LORD knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanity

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O LORD 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 LORD 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 LORD had been my help my soul had almost dwelt in silence

18 When I said My foot slippeth thy mercy O LORD 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 LORD is my defence 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 LORD our God shall cut them off