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1 Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
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1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far off ? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
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2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.
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3 Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
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3 He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
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4 The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' [are] all his devices.
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4 In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
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5 Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.
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5 His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies.
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6 He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.
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6 He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble."
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7 Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
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7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.
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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,
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8 He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims.
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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.
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9 He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
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10 He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
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10 His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.
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11 He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
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11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees."
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12 Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.
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12 Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
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13 Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.'
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13 Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"?
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14 Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.
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14 But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
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15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
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15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out.
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16 Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
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16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
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17 The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,
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17 You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
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18 To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!
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18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.
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