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The Darby Translation DBY
1 Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.
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The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
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For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
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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 are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by him; he sneers at all his enemies.
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His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
6 He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.” He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”
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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 lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.
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His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8 He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
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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 like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
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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 His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.
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He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
11 He says to himself, “God will never notice; he covers his face and never sees.”
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He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].
12 Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
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Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.
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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Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
14 But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
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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 the arm of the wicked man; call the evildoer to account for his wickedness that would not otherwise be found out.
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Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
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Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.
17 You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
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Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,
18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.
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To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.
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