And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me run now and carry the good news to the king, for the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.

And Ahimaaz cried out and said to the king, Peace. And he bowed down to the king with his face to the ground, and said, Blessed [be] the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men that lifted up their hands against my lord the king.

The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,

and bringing me out from my enemies; and You shall set me on high from among those that rise up against me; You shall deliver me from the violent man.

In the day of vengeance I will recompense, whenever their foot shall be tripped up; for the day of their destruction [is] near to them, and the judgments at hand are close upon you.

For the Lord shall judge His people, and shall be comforted over His servants; for He saw that they were utterly weakened, and failed in the hostile invasion, and have become feeble.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly; he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared Himself.

How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?

if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

And God, shall He not execute justice for His own elect, who cry out day and night to Him, and yet He is patient with them?

I tell you that He will execute justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"