New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 O LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble?
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Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
2 The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
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Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
3 For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the LORD .
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Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
4 The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead.
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The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' [are] all his devices.
5 Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all their enemies.
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Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.
6 They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble forever!”
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He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.
7 Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats. Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.
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Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
8 They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims.
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He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,
9 Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.
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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.
10 Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
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He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
11 The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us! He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”
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He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
12 Arise, O LORD ! Punish the wicked, O God! Do not ignore the helpless!
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Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.
13 Why do the wicked get away with despising God? They think, “God will never call us to account.”
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Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.'
14 But you see the trouble and grief they cause. You take note of it and punish them. The helpless put their trust in you. You defend the orphans.
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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.
15 Break the arms of these wicked, evil people! Go after them until the last one is destroyed.
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Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
16 The LORD is king forever and ever! The godless nations will vanish from the land.
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Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
17 LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.
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The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,
18 You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them.
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To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!