You have seen the wrong done to me, O LORD; judge my cause—the verse appeals to God's justice: God has seen the injustice, and the petition is for God to judge the cause. The appeal to God's seeing echoes earlier petitions for God to look and notice; here the notion extends to God seeing and judging. Theologically, the verse suggests that vindication comes through divine justice; the judge of all the earth will ensure that the cause is righted. The petition for judgment is not merely for punishment of enemies but for vindication of the sufferer. The verse represents the shift from personal grievance to appeal for justice; the speaker asks God to be judge.

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