1
Why
standest thou afar
off, O
LORD? why
hidest thou thyself in
times of
trouble?
tw{Ti[.l ~yil.[;T qw{x'r.B d{m][;T h'wh.y h'm'l ? h'r'C;B
2
The
wicked in his
pride doth
persecute the
poor: let them be
taken in the
devices that they have
imagined.
tw{Miz.miB .Wf.p'TIy yin'[ q;l.dIy ['v'r t;w]a;g.B ? .Wb'v'x .Wz
3
For the
wicked boasteth of his
heart's desire, and
blesseth the
covetous, whom the
LORD abhorreth.
;[ec{b.W w{v.p;n t;w]a;T -l;[ ['v'r leLih -yiK ? h'wh.y #eain .$ereB
4
The
wicked, through the
pride of his
countenance, will not
seek after God:
God is not in all his
thoughts.
~yih{l/a !yea v{r.dIy -l;B w{P;a H;b{g.K ['v'r ? wy'tw{Miz.m -l'K
5
His
ways are
always grievous; thy
judgments are far
above out of his sight: as for all his
enemies, he
puffeth at them.
'$y,j'P.vim ~w{r'm te[ -l'k.B wK.r'd .Wlyix'y ? ~,h'B ;xyip'y wy'r.rw{c -l'K w{D.g,Nim
6
He hath
said in his
heart, I shall not be
moved: for I shall
never be in
adversity.
['r.b -a{l r,v]a r{d'w r{d.l jw{M,a -l;B w{Bil.B r;m'a
7
His
mouth is
full of
cursing and
deceit and
fraud: under his
tongue is
mischief and
vanity.
w{nw{v.l t;x;T .${t'w tw{m.rim.W ael'm .WhyiP h'l'a ? !,w'a'w l'm'[
8
He
sitteth in the lurking
places of the
villages: in the secret
places doth he
murder the
innocent: his
eyes are privily
set against the
poor.
yiq'n g{r]h;y ~yir'T.siM;B ~yirec]x b;r.a;m.B bevey ? .Wn{P.cIy h'k.lex.l wy'nye[
9
He lieth in
wait secretly as a
lion in his
den: he lieth in
wait to
catch the
poor: he doth
catch the
poor, when he
draweth him into his
net.
@w{j]x;l b{r/a,y h{KUs.b hey.r;a.K r'T.siM;B b{r/a,y ? w{T.vir.b w{k.v'm.B yin'[ @{j.x;y yin'[
10
He
croucheth, and
humbleth himself, that the
poor* may
fall by his strong
ones.
~yia'K.l,x wy'm.Wc][;B l;p'n.w ;x{v'y h;k'D;w
11
He hath
said in his
heart, God hath
forgotten: he
hideth his
face; he will
never see it.
h'a'r -l;B wy'n'P ryiT.sih lea ]x;k'v w{Bil.B r;m'a ? x;c,n'l
12
Arise, O
LORD; O
God, lift
up thine
hand: forget not the
humble*.
~yiYin][ x;K.viT -l;a '$,d'y a'f.n lea h'wh.y h'm.Wq
13
Wherefore doth the
wicked contemn God? he hath
said in his
heart, Thou wilt not
require it.
a{l w{Bil.B r;m'a ~yih{l/a ['v'r #eain h,m -l;[ ? v{r.diT
14
Thou hast
seen it; for thou
beholdest mischief and
spite, to
requite it with thy
hand: the
poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the
helper of the
fatherless.
tet'l jyiB;T s;[;k'w l'm'[ h'T;a -yiK h'tia'r ? 'tyIy'h h'T;a ~w{t'y h'k,lex b{z][;y '$y,l'[ '$,d'y.B ? rezw{[
15
Break thou the
arm of the
wicked and the
evil man: seek
out his
wickedness till thou
find none.
a'c.miT -l;b ]w{[.vir -vw{r.diT ['r'w ['v'r ;[w{r.z r{b.v
16
The
LORD is
King for
ever and
ever: the
heathen are
perished out of his
land.
w{c.r;aem ~Iyw{g .Wd.b'a d,['w ~'lw{[ .$,l,m h'wh.y
17
LORD, thou hast
heard the
desire of the
humble: thou wilt
prepare their
heart, thou wilt cause thine
ear to
hear:
byiv.q;T ~'Bil !yik'T h'wh.y 'T.[;m'v ~yiw'n][ t;w]a;T ? '$,n.z'a
18
To
judge the
fatherless and the
oppressed, that the
man of the
earth may no
more oppress.
#{r][;l dw{[ @yisw{y -l;B .$'d'w ~w{t'y j{P.vil ? #,r'a'h -nim vw{n/a