Why
standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou
thyself in times of trouble?
02 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the
poor: let them be taken in the devices that they
have imagined.
03 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire,
and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord
abhorreth.
04 The wicked, through the pride of his
countenance, will not seek after God: God is not
in all his thoughts.
05 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments
are far above out of his sight: as for all his
enemies, he puffeth at them.
06 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be
moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
07 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and
fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
08 He sitteth in the lurking places of the
villages: in the secret places doth he murder the
innocent: his eyes are privily set against the
poor.
09 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his
den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth
catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
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10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the
poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:
he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand:
forget not the humble.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath
said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief
and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor
committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper
of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil
man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 The Lord is King for ever and ever: the
heathen are perished out of his land.
17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the
humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt
cause thine ear to hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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