Wherefore, O Jehovah, standest thou afar off?{HR}Hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
In the pride of the wicked he doth hotly pursue the poor;{HR}They are taken in the very devices they devised.
For the wicked [man] boasteth of his soul’s desire;{HR}He blesseth the plunderer, he despiseth Jehovah.
The wicked [man] according to the pride of his anger seeketh not;{HR}All his thoughts [are], There is no God.
His ways are firm at every time;{HR}Thy judgments [are] a height away from him;{HR}All his adversaries—he puffeth at them.
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved;{HR}To generation and generation [I am] he which shall not [be] in any evil.
Of cursing his mouth is full, and of deceits and violence;{HR}Under his tongue [is] mischief and iniquity.
He sitteth in the place of ambush of the villages;{HR}In the lurking places he slayeth the innocent;{HR}His eyes lurk for the wretched.
He lieth in wait in the secret place like a lion in his covert;{HR}He lieth in wait to catch the afflicted;{HR}He catcheth the afflicted when he draweth him into his net.
And he is crushed, he is brought low,{HR}The wretched hath fallen by his might.
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten,{HR}He hath hidden his face;{HR}He will not see forever.
Arise, O Jehovah; O God,{HR}Lift up thy hand;{HR}Forget not the afflicted.
Wherefore hath the wicked [man] despised God?{HR}He hath said in his heart,{HR}Thou wilt not require
Thou hast seen;{HR}Thou beholdest mischief and provocation to requite it with thy hand;{HR}The wretched committeth himself to thee;{HR}[Of] the orphan thou hast been the helper.
Break thou the arm of the wicked [man] and the evil [man]:{HR}Thou shall search out his wickedness, [till] thou shalt find nothing.
Jehovah is King for ever and ever;{HR}The Gentiles have perished from his land.
The desire of the afflicted thou hast heard, O Jehovah;{HR}Thou strengthenest their heart, thou causest thine ear to hearken,
To judge the orphan and the oppressed:{HR}He shall continue no more to terrify man from the earth.