Why ado You stand afar
off, O LORD
? Why bdo You hide
1Yourself in times
of trouble
?
In apride the wicked
1hotly
pursue
the afflicted
; 2Let them be bcaught
in the plots
which
they have devised
.
For the wicked aboasts
of his bheart's
desire
, And 1the greedy
man
curses
and cspurns
the LORD
.
The wicked, in the haughtiness
of his countenance
, adoes not seek
Him. All
his 1thoughts
are, " bThere
is no
God
."
His ways 1 aprosper
at all
times
; Your judgments
are on high
, bout of his sight
; As for all
his adversaries
, he snorts
at them.
He says to himself
, " aI will not be moved
; 1Throughout all
generations
bI will not be in adversity
."
His amouth is full
of curses
and deceit
and boppression
; cUnder
his tongue
is mischief
and wickedness
.
He sits in the alurking
places
of the villages
; In the hiding
places
he bkills
the innocent
; His eyes
1stealthily
watch
for the 2 cunfortunate
.
He lurks in a hiding
place
as aa lion
in his 1lair
; He blurks
to catch
cthe afflicted
; He catches
the afflicted
when he draws
him into his dnet
.
He 1crouches, he 2bows
down
, And the 3unfortunate
fall
4by his mighty
ones
.
He asays to himself
, "God
has forgotten
; He has hidden
His face
; He will never
see
it."
Arise, O LORD
; O God
, alift
up Your hand
. bDo not forget
the afflicted
.
Why has the wicked
aspurned
God
? He has said
to himself
, "You will not require
it."
You have seen it, for You have beheld
amischief
and vexation
to 1take
it into Your hand
. The 2 bunfortunate
commits
himself to You; You have been
the chelper
of the orphan
.
aBreak the arm
of the wicked
and the evildoer
, 1 bSeek
out his wickedness
until You find
none
.
The LORD is aKing
forever
and ever
; bNations
have perished
from His land
.
O LORD, You have heard
the adesire
of the 1humble
; You will bstrengthen
their heart
, cYou will incline
Your ear
To 1vindicate the aorphan
and the boppressed
, So that man
who is of the earth
will no
longer
cause
cterror
.