9O righteous God,
who searches minds and hearts,
bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure.
10My shield is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.
11God is a righteous judge,
a God who expresses his wrath every day.
12If he does not relent,
he will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.
13He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.
14He who is pregnant with evil
and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
15He who digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit he has made.
16The trouble he causes recoils on himself;
his violence comes down on his own head.
17I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness
and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
