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| [1]Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? |
[1]Why standest thou far off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, even in affliction? |
| [2]The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. |
[2]The wicked with pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the crafts that they have imagined. |
| [3]For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. |
[3]For the wicked hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and the covetous blesseth himself: he contemneth the Lord. |
| [4]The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. |
[4]The wicked is so proud that he seeketh not for God: he thinketh always, There is no 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. |
[5]His ways alway prosper: thy judgments are high above his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies. |
| [6]He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. |
[6]He saith in his heart, I shall never be moved, nor be in danger. |
| [7]His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. |
[7]His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. |
| [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. |
[8]He lieth in wait in the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poor. |
| [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. |
[9]He lieth in wait secretly, even as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to spoil the poor: he doth spoil the poor, when he draweth him into his net. |
| [10]He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. |
[10]He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poor do fall by his might. |
| [11]He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. |
[11]He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will never see. |
| [12]Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. |
[12]Arise, O Lord God: lift up thine hand: forget not the poor. |
| [13]Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. |
[13]Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard. |
| [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. |
[14]Yet thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine hands: the poor committeth himself unto thee : for thou art the helper of the fatherless. |
| [15]Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. |
[15]Break thou the arm of the wicked and malicious: search his wickedness, and thou shalt find none. |
| [16]The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. |
[16]The Lord is King forever and ever: the heathen are destroyed forth of his land. |
| [17]LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: |
[17]Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poor: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine ear to them, |
| [18]To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. |
[18]To judge the fatherless and poor, that earthly man cause to fear no more. |