1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.6He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.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.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 helpless.9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.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.He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.10They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten; He hideth his face, he will never see it.12Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.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.Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
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