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¹ WHY standest thou afar off, O LORD? and witholdest thy care in times of trouble?² The pride of the wicked maketh the poor to suffer; let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.³ For the ungodly boasts of his own desire, and the LORD is angry when the wicked is blessed.⁴ The wicked in the pride of his countenance will not seek after God; and there is no God in all his thoughts.⁵ His ways are always weak; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he despises them.⁶ He says in his heart, I shall not be moved from generation to generation; for he conceives evil.⁷ His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and deceit.⁸ He sits in the lurking place of a den; and in a secret place does he murder the innocent; his eyes spy on the destitute.⁹ He lies in wait to snare the poor by drawing him into his net.¹⁰ He shall be humbled and overthrown, and in his bones there shall be sickness and pain.¹¹ He says in his heart, God has forgotten; he has turned away his face; he will never see it.

¹² Arise, O LORD; O my God, lift up thine hand; forget not the afflicted.¹³ Why does the wicked provoke God? He says in his heart, God does not seek vengeance.¹⁴ Thou hast seen it; for there is mischief and wrath, for thou beholdest that he hath surrendered himself unto thy hands; and the poor committeth himself unto thee; 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.¹⁶ The LORD is King for ever and ever; the Gentiles are perished out of his land.¹⁷ LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thine ear hath heard the preparation of their heart;¹⁸ Execute justice to the fatherless and to the afflicted, so that man may not be destroyed from the face of the earth.