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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide in times of trouble? |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings; the one who is greedy curses and despises the LORD. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4In all his scheming, the wicked person arrogantly thinks, "There's no accountability, since there's no God." |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5His ways are always secure; your lofty judgments have no effect on him; he scoffs at all his adversaries. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He says to himself, "I will never be moved--from generation to generation without calamity." |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth; trouble and malice are under his tongue. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He waits in ambush near settlements; he kills the innocent in secret places. His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless; |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket. He lurks in order to seize a victim; he seizes a victim and drags him in his net. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10So he is oppressed and beaten down; helpless people fall because of the wicked one's strength. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He says to himself, "God has forgotten; he hides his face and will never see." |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Rise up, LORD God! Lift up your hand. Do not forget the oppressed. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Why has the wicked person despised God? He says to himself, "You will not demand an account." |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14But you yourself have seen trouble and grief, observing it in order to take the matter into your hands. The helpless one entrusts himself to you; you are a helper of the fatherless. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Break the arm of the wicked, evil person, until you look for his wickedness, but it can't be found. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations will perish from his land. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble; you will strengthen their hearts. You will listen carefully, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed so that mere humans from the earth may terrify them no more. |
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