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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble? |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.” |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.” |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.” |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more. |
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