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¹ Why are you far away, Lord?
    Why do you hide yourself
    when I am in trouble?
² Proud and brutal people
    hunt down the poor.
    But let them get caught
    by their own evil plans!

³ The wicked brag about
    their deepest desires.
    Those greedy people hate
    and curse you, Lord.
⁴ The wicked are too proud
to turn to you
    or even think about you.
⁵ They are always successful,
though they can't understand
    your teachings,
    and they keep sneering
    at their enemies.

⁶ In their hearts they say,
    "Nothing can hurt us!
    We'll always be happy
    and free from trouble."
⁷ They curse and tell lies,
and all they talk about
    is how to be cruel
    or how to do wrong.

⁸ They hide outside villages,
    waiting to strike and murder
    some innocent victim.
⁹ They are hungry lions
    hiding in the bushes,
    hoping to catch
    some helpless passerby.
They trap the poor in nets
    and drag them away.
¹⁰ They crouch down and wait
    to grab a victim.
¹¹     They say, "God can't see!
    He's got on a blindfold."

¹² Do something, Lord God,
    and use your powerful arm
    to help those in need.
¹³ The wicked don't respect you.
    In their hearts they say,
    "God won't punish us!"

¹⁴ But you see the trouble
and the distress,
    and you will do something.
The poor can count on you,
    and so can orphans.
¹⁵ Now break the arms
    of all merciless people.
    Punish them for doing wrong
    and make them stop.

¹⁶ Our Lord, you will always rule,
    but nations will vanish
    from the earth.
¹⁷ You listen to the longings
    of those who suffer.
You offer them hope,
    and you pay attention
    to their cries for help.
¹⁸ You defend orphans
    and everyone else in need,
    so that no one on earth
    can terrify others again.