1
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?
2
The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
4
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
5
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 hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.
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