1 - Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
2 - Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
3 - Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
4 - The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' <FI>are<Fi> all his devices.
5 - Pain do his ways at all times, On high <FI>are<Fi> Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries--he puffeth at them.
6 - He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.
7 - Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue <FI>is<Fi> perverseness and iniquity,
8 - He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,
9 - He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
10 - He is bruised--he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
11 - He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
12 - Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.
13 - Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.'
14 - Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave <FI>it<Fi> , Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.
15 - Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
16 - Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
17 - The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,
18 - To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress--man of the earth!
