⁴ They ^(D)utter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
⁵ They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,
And afflict Your heritage.
⁶ They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.
^7 (E)Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob ^[b]understand.”

⁸ Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?
^9 (F)He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
¹⁰ He who ^[c]instructs the ^[d]nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge?
¹¹ The Lord ^(G)knows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile.

¹² Blessed is the man whom You ^(H)instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,
¹³ That You may give him ^[e]rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴ For the Lord will not ^[f]cast off His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
¹⁵ But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
¹⁷ Unless the Lord had been my help,
My soul would soon have settled in silence.
¹⁸ If I say, “My foot slips,”
Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
¹⁹ In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.

²⁰ Shall ^(I)the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,
Have fellowship with You?
²¹ They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn ^(J)innocent blood.
²² But the Lord has been my defense,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
²³ He has brought on them their own iniquity,
And shall ^[g]cut them off in their own wickedness;
The Lord our God shall cut them off.