For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people);
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.

The sorrows [pain and suffering] of those who have chosen another god will be multiplied [because of their idolatry];
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips.

For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.

“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?

The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.

Judge and vindicate me, O God; plead my case against an ungodly nation.
O rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man!

“Shall I eat the flesh of bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.

But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.

The [unyieldingly] righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance [of God];
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Arise to punish all the nations;
Spare no one and do not be merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah.

That your foot may crush them in blood,
That the tongue of your dogs may have its share from your enemies.”

He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence,
And their blood will be precious in His sight.

Arise, O God, plead Your own cause;
Remember how the foolish man scoffs at You all day long.

And turned their rivers into blood,
And their streams, so that they could not drink.

And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens],
Like the earth which He has established forever.

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem,
And there was no one to bury them.

Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],
Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.

For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.”

I will establish your seed forever
And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah.

He turned Egypt’s waters into blood
And caused their fish to die.

And shed innocent blood,
Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with their blood.

They went up toward the heavens [on the crest of the wave], they went down again to the depths [of the watery trough];
Their courage melted away in their misery.

Plead my cause and redeem me;
Revive me and give me life according to [the promise of] Your word.

Jerusalem, that is built
As a city that is firmly joined together;

Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.

O that You would kill the wicked, O God;
Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

“Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further their evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.