<vn='1'><sn="4100">Why</s><sn="5975">standest</s> thou afar <sn="7350">off</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>? why <sn="5956">hidest</s> thou thyself in <sn="6256">times</s> of <sn="6869">trouble</s>? </v>
<vn='2'>The <sn="7563">wicked</s> in his <sn="1346">pride</s> doth <sn="1814">persecute</s> the <sn="6041">poor</s>: let them be <sn="8610">taken</s> in the <sn="4209">devices</s><sn="2098">that</s> they have <sn="2803">imagined</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="1984">boasteth</s><sn="5921">of</s> his <sn="5315">heart</s> 's <sn="8378">desire</s>, and <sn="1288">blesseth</s> the <sn="1214">covetous</s>, whom the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5006">abhorreth</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>The <sn="7563">wicked</s>, through the <sn="1363">pride</s> of his <sn="639">countenance</s>, will <sn="1077">not</s><sn="1875">seek</s> after God: <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="369">not</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="4209">thoughts</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>His <sn="1870">ways</s> are <sn="3605 6256">always</s><sn="2342">grievous</s>; thy <sn="4941">judgments</s> are far <sn="4791">above</s> out of his <sn="4480 5048">sight</s>: as for <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="6887">enemies</s>, he <sn="6315">puffeth</s> at them. </v>
<vn='6'>He hath <sn="559">said</s> in his <sn="3820">heart</s>, I shall <sn="1077">not</s> be <sn="4131">moved</s>: for I shall <sn="1755 1755 834 3808">never</s> be in <sn="7451">adversity</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>His <sn="6310">mouth</s> is <sn="4390">full</s> of <sn="423">cursing</s> and <sn="4820">deceit</s> and <sn="8496">fraud</s>: <sn="8478">under</s> his <sn="3956">tongue</s> is <sn="5999">mischief</s> and <sn="205">vanity</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>He <sn="3427">sitteth</s> in the lurking <sn="3993">places</s> of the <sn="2691">villages</s>: in the secret <sn="4565">places</s> doth he <sn="2026">murder</s> the <sn="5355">innocent</s>: his <sn="5869">eyes</s> are privily <sn="6845">set</s> against the <sn="2489">poor</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>He lieth in <sn="693">wait</s><sn="4565">secretly</s> as a <sn="738">lion</s> in his <sn="5520">den</s>: he lieth in <sn="693">wait</s> to <sn="2414">catch</s> the <sn="6041">poor</s>: he doth <sn="2414">catch</s> the <sn="6041">poor</s>, when he <sn="4900">draweth</s> him into his <sn="7568">net</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>He <sn="1794">croucheth</s>, and <sn="7817">humbleth</s> himself, that the <sn="2489">poor</s> may <sn="5307">fall</s> by his strong <sn="6099">ones</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>He hath <sn="559">said</s> in his <sn="3820">heart</s>, <sn="410">God</s> hath <sn="7911">forgotten</s>: he <sn="5641">hideth</s> his <sn="6440">face</s>; he will <sn="1077 5331">never</s><sn="7200">see</s> it. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="6965">Arise</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>; O <sn="410">God</s>, lift <sn="5375">up</s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s>: <sn="7911">forget</s><sn="408">not</s> the <sn="6035">humble</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="5921 4100">Wherefore</s> doth the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="5006">contemn</s><sn="430">God</s>? he hath <sn="559">said</s> in his <sn="3820">heart</s>, Thou wilt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1875">require</s> it. </v>
<vn='14'>Thou hast <sn="7200">seen</s> it; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="5027">beholdest</s><sn="5999">mischief</s> and <sn="3708">spite</s>, to <sn="5414">requite</s> it with thy <sn="3027">hand</s>: the <sn="2489">poor</s><sn="5800">committeth</s> himself <sn="5921">unto</s> thee; <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1961">art</s> the <sn="5826">helper</s> of the <sn="3490">fatherless</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="7665">Break</s> thou the <sn="2220">arm</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> and the <sn="7451">evil</s> man: seek <sn="1875">out</s> his <sn="7562">wickedness</s> till thou <sn="4672">find</s><sn="1077">none</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="4428">King</s><sn="5769">forever</s> and <sn="5703">ever</s>: the <sn="1471">heathen</s> are <sn="6">perished</s> out of his <sn="4480 776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3068">LORD</s>, thou hast <sn="8085">heard</s> the <sn="8378">desire</s> of the <sn="6035">humble</s>: thou wilt <sn="3559">prepare</s> their <sn="3820">heart</s>, thou wilt cause thine <sn="241">ear</s> to <sn="7181">hear</s>: </v>
<vn='18'>To <sn="8199">judge</s> the <sn="3490">fatherless</s> and the <sn="1790">oppressed</s>, that the <sn="582">man</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="776">earth</s> may <sn="1077">no</s><sn="3254 5750">more</s><sn="6206">oppress</s>. </v>