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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
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(9-22) Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
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(9-23) Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
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(9-24) For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
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(9-25) The sinner hath provoked the Lord, according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him:
5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
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(9-26) God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed form his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
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(9-27) For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
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(9-28) His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow.
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.
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(9-29) He sitteth in ambush with the rich, in private places, that he may kill the innocent.
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.
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(9-30) His eyes are upon the poor man: he lieth in wait, in secret, like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush, that he may catch the poor man: so catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
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(9-31) In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
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(9-32) For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face, not to see to the end.
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
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(9-33) Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
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(9-34) Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.
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.
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(9-35) Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
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(9-36) Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
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(9-37) The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
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(9-38) The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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(9-39) To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.
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