The Webster Bible WBT
New International Version NIV
1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?
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Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself 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.
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In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
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He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
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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In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
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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His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by him; he sneers at 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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He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.” He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
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His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.
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