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| 1. | Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? | Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble? | Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? | ||
| 2. | In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise. | The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention. | The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. | ||
| 3. | For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. | For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him. | For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. | ||
| 4. | The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God. | The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God. | The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. | ||
| 5. | His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them. | His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him. | His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. | ||
| 6. | He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble." | He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble. | He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. | ||
| 7. | 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 false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts. | His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. | ||
| 8. | He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. | He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned 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 poor. | ||
| 9. | 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 keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into 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. | ||
| 10. | The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength. | The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones. | He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. | ||
| 11. | He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it." | He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it. | He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. | ||
| 12. | Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless. | Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to the poor. | Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. | ||
| 13. | Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?" | Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it? | Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. | ||
| 14. | But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless. | You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father. | 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 the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none. | Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more. | Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. | ||
| 16. | Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land. | The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land. | The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. | ||
| 17. | Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear, | Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing: | 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 man who is of the earth may terrify no more. | To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared. | To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. | ||