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| 1. | Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble? |
| 2. | Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise. |
| 3. | For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed. |
| 4. | The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him: |
| 5. | God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies. |
| 6. | For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil. |
| 7. | His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow. |
| 8. | He sitteth in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent. |
| 9. | His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him. |
| 10. | In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor. |
| 11. | For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end. |
| 12. | Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor. |
| 13. | Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it. |
| 14. | Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan. |
| 15. | Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found. |
| 16. | The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land. |
| 17. | The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart. |
| 18. | To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth. |