| 1 | ¶ Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? {Why} hidest thou thyself in times of distress? | |
| 2 | The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined. | |
| 3 | For the wicked boasteth of his soul?s desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah. | |
| 4 | The wicked {saith}, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God! | |
| 5 | His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; {as for} all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. | |
| 6 | He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity. | |
| 7 | His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. | |
| 8 | He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched. | |
| 9 | He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net. | |
| 10 | He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones. | |
| 11 | He saith in his heart, *God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see {it}. | |
| 12 | ¶ Arise, Jehovah; O *God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted. | |
| 13 | Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require {it}. | |
| 14 | Thou hast seen {it}, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. | |
| 15 | Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness {till} thou find none. | |
| 16 | Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land. | |
| 17 | Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear, | |
| 18 | To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more. | |