1The Psalmist calling for justice complaineth of the tyranny and impiety of the wicked: 8he sheweth God's providence; 12and teacheth the blessedness of affliction. 16God is the defender and avenger of the afflicted.
1O LORD 1God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, 2shew thyself.
1Heb. God of revenges. De. 32.35. Na. 1.2,6. Ro. 12.19.
2Heb. shine forth. Ps. 80.1.
2aLift up thyself, bthou judge of the earth: crender a reward to the proud.
a Ps. 7.6; 68.1; 44.26; 74.22. Is. 33.10. b Ge. 18.25. Ps. 50.6. c Job 40.11,12. Is. 2.11,12,17; 35.4.
3LORD, dhow long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
d Ps. 13.2; 74.10. Job 20.5. Je. 12.1,2.
4How long shall they eutter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
e Ps. 31.18; 73.8,9. Jude 15. Is. 37.23,24. Job 21.14,15; 34.37.
5They fbreak in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
f Ps. 10.8-15; 53.4; 58.2; 74; 79; 80.13; 124.2,3; 129.1-3. Mi. 3.2,3. Je. 22.16,17. Eze. 22.7.
6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7Yet gthey say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
g Ps. 10.11,13; 59.7. Eze. 8.12; 9.9. Is. 29.15. Je. 23.23,24. Job 22.13.
8hUnderstand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
h Ps. 92.6; 50.22. Is. 27.11. 1Co. 2.14. De. 32.29. Je. 6.8. Ro. 3.11.
9He ithat planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
i Ex. 4.11. Pr. 20.12. Je. 32.17. Ps. 147.5. He. 4.13. Re. 2.23.
10He that jchastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that kteacheth man knowledge, shall not he know ?
j Eze. 39.21. Hab. 3.12. Ge. 7; 14; 19. Ex. 7-14. Jos. 6-12. Ju. 3; 4; 7; 11. Am. 3.2. Ro. 1.20; 2.14,15. k Pr. 2.6. Job 32.8; 35.11. Is. 28.26.
11The lLORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
l 1Co. 3.19,20; 1.21. Ro. 1.21,22.
12mBlessed is the man whom thou *chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
*chastenest-corrects by punishing.
m Job 5.17,18; 33.16-24. He. 12.5-11. 1Co. 11.32. Is. 27.9. Pr. 3.11,12. Ps. 119.67,71.
13That nthou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until othe pit be digged for the wicked.
n Hab. 3.16. Is. 65.12-16. 2Co. 4.17,18. 2Th. 1.6-9. o Ps. 55.23.
14For pthe LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
p 1Sa. 12.22. Ro. 11.1,2,12. Ps. 37.28. He. 13.5. Je. 32.39,40. Is. 49.15; 44.21. Eze. 39.29.
15But qjudgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart 3shall follow it.
3Heb. shall be after it. Re. 15.3,4. Mat. 5.48. 1Pe. 1.15.
q De. 32.35,36. Job 35.14. Ps. 125.3.
16Who rwill rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
r Is. 59.15,16. Je. 5.1. Eze. 22.30. Mi. 7.2-7.
17sUnless the LORD had been my help, my soul had 4almost dwelt in silence.
4Or, quickly. Ps. 143.7; 13.2,3.
s Ps. 124.1-5; 129.4; 142.4,5. 2Ti. 4.16,17. 2Co. 1.10; 12.9.
18When I said, tMy foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
t Ps. 38.16; 22.13; 121.3. Is. 46.4. Job 35.14.
19In uthe multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
u Ps. 61.2; 63.5,6. Hab. 3.16-18. 2Co. 1.3,4; 7.6.
20Shall vthe throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which w*frameth mischief by a law?
*frameth-forms.
v Job 34.17,19. Ps. 5.4-6. 2Co. 6.14. w Is. 10.1. Ps. 58.2. Mi. 6.16. Da. 6.7; 3.4-6.
21They xgather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and ycondemn the innocent blood.
x Pr. 1.11,16. Mat. 27.1. Da. 6.6. Ps. 2.1-3; 58.2. v.4-6. y Ex. 23.7. Mat. 27.4.
22But zthe LORD is my defence; and my God is athe rock of my refuge.
z Ps. 7.10; 57.2; 59.9,10,17; 91.1-4,9. 2Co. 1.10. a Ps. 95.1.
23And bhe 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.
b Ps. 7.16; 9.16,17; 55.23. Pr. 5.22. Eze. 18.4. Ro. 2.8,9. 2Th. 1.1-10. Is. 3.11.