אֵל נְקָמוֹת יְהוָה אֵל נְקָמוֹת הוֹפִיַע:
O God of vengeance, O Lord; O God show vengeance.
הִנָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵט הָאָרֶץ הָשֵׁב גְּמוּל עַל גֵּאִים:
Exalt Yourself, O Judge of the earth, render to the haughty their recompense.
עַד מָתַי רְשָׁעִים יְהוָה עַד מָתַי רְשָׁעִים יַעֲלֹזוּ:
How long will the wicked, O Lord, how long will the wicked rejoice?
יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק יִתְאַמְּרוּ כָּל פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן:
They spout forth, they speak falsely; all workers of violence boast.
עַמְּךָ יְהוָה יְדַכְּאוּ וְנַחֲלָתְךָ יְעַנּוּ:
Your people, O Lord, they crush, and Your inheritance they afflict.
אַלְמָנָה וְגֵר יַהֲרֹגוּ וִיתוֹמִים יְרַצֵּחוּ:
They slay the widow and the stranger, and they murder the orphans.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹא יִרְאֶה יָּהּ וְלֹא יָבִין אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב:
They say, "Yah will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand."
בִּינוּ בֹּעֲרִים בָּעָם וּכְסִילִים מָתַי תַּשְׂכִּילוּ:
Understand, [you] most boorish of the people, and [you] fools, when will you gain intelligence?
הֲנֹטַע אֹזֶן הֲלֹא יִשְׁמָע אִם יֹצֵר עַיִן הֲלֹא יַבִּיט:
Will He Who implants the ear not hear or will He Who forms the eye not see?
הֲיֹסֵר גּוֹיִם הֲלֹא יוֹכִיחַ הַמְלַמֵּד אָדָם דָּעַת:
Will He Who chastises nations not reprove? [He is] the One Who teaches man knowledge.
יְהוָה יֹדֵעַ מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָדָם כִּי הֵמָּה הָבֶל:
The Lord knows man's thoughts that they are vanity.
אַשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר תְּיַסְּרֶנּוּ יָּהּ וּמִתּוֹרָתְךָ תְלַמְּדֶנּוּ:
Fortunate is the man whom You, Yah, chastise, and from Your Torah You teach him.
לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֹ מִימֵי רָע עַד יִכָּרֶה לָרָשָׁע שָׁחַת:
To grant him peace from days of evil, while a pit is dug for the wicked.
כִּי לֹא יִטֹּשׁ יְהוָה עַמּוֹ וְנַחֲלָתוֹ לֹא יַעֲזֹב:
For the Lord will not forsake His people, nor will He desert His inheritance.
כִּי עַד צֶדֶק יָשׁוּב מִשְׁפָּט וְאַחֲרָיו כָּל יִשְׁרֵי לֵב:
For until righteousness will judgment return, and after it all those upright in heart.
מִי יָקוּם לִי עִם מְרֵעִים מִי יִתְיַצֵּב לִי עִם פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן:
Who will rise up for me against evildoers; who will stand up for me against workers of violence?
לוּלֵי יְהוָה עֶזְרָתָה לִּי כִּמְעַט שָׁכְנָה דוּמָה נַפְשִׁי:
Had not the Lord been my help, in an instant my soul would rest silent.
אִם אָמַרְתִּי מָטָה רַגְלִי חַסְדְּךָ יְהוָה יִסְעָדֵנִי:
If I said, "My foot has slipped," Your kindness, O Lord, supported me.
בְּרֹב שַׂרְעַפַּי בְּקִרְבִּי תַּנְחוּמֶיךָ יְשַׁעַשְׁעוּ נַפְשִׁי:
With my many thoughts within me, Your consolations cheered me.
הַיְחָבְרְךָ כִּסֵּא הַוּוֹת יֹצֵר עָמָל עֲלֵי חֹק:
Will the throne of evil join You, which forms iniquity for a statute?
יָגוֹדּוּ עַל נֶפֶשׁ צַדִּיק וְדָם נָקִי יַרְשִׁיעוּ:
They gather upon the soul of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.
וַיְהִי יְהוָה לִי לְמִשְׂגָּב וֵאלֹהַי לְצוּר מַחְסִי:
But the Lord was my fortress, and my God the rock of my refuge.
וַיָּשֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת אוֹנָם וּבְרָעָתָם יַצְמִיתֵם יַצְמִיתֵם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ:
And He returned upon them their violence, and for their evil, may He cut them off; may the Lord our God cut them off.