MLV(i)
1 Why do you stand afar off, O Jehovah? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2 The poor man is hotly-pursued in the pride of the wicked man. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. 3 Because the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, yes, despises Jehovah.
4 The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, says, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
5 His ways are profane at all times. Your judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them. 6 He says in his heart, I will not be shaken. I will not be in adversity to all generations.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
8 He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. He murders the innocent man in the covert places. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man. 9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his covering. He lies in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net. 10 He crouches, he bows down and helpless men fall by his strong men.
11 He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.
12 Arise, O Jehovah, O God, lift up your hand. Do not forget the poor.
13 Why does the wicked man despise God and say in his heart, You will not require it?
14 You have seen. Because you behold mischief and spite, to repay with your hand. The poor man commits himself to you. You have been the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break you the arm of the sinner and the evil man. His wickedness will be sought and will not be found. 16 Jehovah is King everlasting and forever. The nations have perished out of his land. 17 Jehovah, 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 terrify.
2 The poor man is hotly-pursued in the pride of the wicked man. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. 3 Because the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, yes, despises Jehovah.
4 The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, says, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
5 His ways are profane at all times. Your judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them. 6 He says in his heart, I will not be shaken. I will not be in adversity to all generations.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
8 He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. He murders the innocent man in the covert places. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man. 9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his covering. He lies in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net. 10 He crouches, he bows down and helpless men fall by his strong men.
11 He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.
12 Arise, O Jehovah, O God, lift up your hand. Do not forget the poor.
13 Why does the wicked man despise God and say in his heart, You will not require it?
14 You have seen. Because you behold mischief and spite, to repay with your hand. The poor man commits himself to you. You have been the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break you the arm of the sinner and the evil man. His wickedness will be sought and will not be found. 16 Jehovah is King everlasting and forever. The nations have perished out of his land. 17 Jehovah, 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 terrify.