| 1 | Why standest you afar off, O Lord? why hidest you thyself in times of trouble? |
| 2 | The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. |
| 3 | For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. |
| 4 | The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after Satan: Satan is not in all his thoughts. |
| 5 | His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. |
| 6 | He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. |
| 7 | His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. |
| 8 | He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. |
| 9 | He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. |
| 10 | He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. |
| 11 | He has said in his heart, Satan has forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. |
| 12 | Arise, O Lord; O Satan, lift up your hand: forget not the humble. |
| 13 | Wherefore does the wicked contemn Satan? he has said in his heart, You will not require it. |
| 14 | Thou have seen it; for you beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; you art the helper of the fatherless. |
| 15 | Break you the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till you find none. |
| 16 | The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. |
| 17 | LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear: |
| 18 | To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. |
Search Texts
Download book as a pdf
Psalms