Deus ultionum.
God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people.
A psalm for David himself on the fourth day of the week.
93:1. The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge
hath acted freely.
93:2. Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to
the proud.
93:3. How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
93:4. Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work
injustice?
93:5. Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have
afflicted thy inheritance.
93:6. They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have
murdered the fatherless.
93:7. And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God
of Jacob understand.
93:8. Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be
wise at last.
93:9. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the
eye, doth he not consider?
93:10. He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that
teacheth man knowledge?
93:11. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
93:12. Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt
teach him out of thy law.
93:13. That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be
dug for the wicked.
Rest from the evil days.... That thou mayst mitigate the sorrows, to
which he is exposed, during the short and evil days of his mortality.
93:14. For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he
forsake his own inheritance.
93:15. Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it
are all the upright in heart.
Until justice be turned into judgment, etc.... By being put in
execution; which will be agreeable to all the upright in heart.
93:16. Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall
stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
93:17. Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in
hell.
93:18. If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
93:19. According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy
comforts have given joy to my soul.
93:20. Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in
commandment?
Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, etc.... That is, wilt thou, O
God, who art always just, admit of the seat of iniquity: that is, of
injustice, or unjust judges, to have any partnership with thee? Thou
who framest, or makest, labour in commandment, that is, thou who
obligest us to labour with all diligence to keep thy commandments.
93:21. They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn
innocent blood.
93:22. But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
93:23. And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he
will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.