Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
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In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
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For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.
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The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
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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.
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He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
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His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
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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.
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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.
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He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
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He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
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Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.
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Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]?
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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.
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Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
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Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.
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Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
1 [To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.] Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
