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¹ Why, O Yahweh, do you stand far off?
Why do you hide^[a] during times of distress?
² In arrogance the wicked persecutes^[b] the poor.
Let them be caught in the schemes that they devised,
³ for the wicked boasts about the desire of his heart,^[c]
and the one greedy for gain curses and treats Yahweh with contempt.
⁴ With bald-faced pride^[d] the wicked will not seek God.
There is no God in any of his thoughts.
⁵ His ways^[e] endure at all times.^[f]
Your judgments are aloof from him.
As for all his enemies, he scoffs at them.
⁶ He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved
throughout all generations,^[g] during which I will have no trouble."
⁷ His mouth is filled with cursing,
with deceits and oppression;
under his tongue are trouble and evil.
⁸ He sits in ambush in villages;
in the hiding places he kills the innocent.
His eyes lurk^[h] for the helpless.
⁹ He lies in ambush secretly,^[i] like a lion in a thicket.
He lies in ambush to seize the poor;
he seizes the poor by catching him in his net.
¹⁰ He is crushed;^[j] he is bowed down;^[k]
so^[l] the helpless host^[m] falls by his might.^[n]
11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten.
He has hidden his face.
He never sees."
¹² Rise up, O Yahweh;
O God, lift up your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.
¹³ Why does the wicked treat God with contempt?
He says in his heart, "You will not call me to account."
¹⁴ But you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief
to take it into your hand.
The helpless abandons himself upon you;
you have been the helper for the orphan.
¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked,
and as for the evil man—
seek out his wickedness until you find none.
¹⁶ Yahweh is king forever and ever;
the nations have perished from his land.
¹⁷ The longing of the afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh.
You will make their heart secure. You will listen attentively^[o]
18 to render judgment for the fatherless and the oppressed
so that a mere mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.