Dual Panel1Why standest <05975> (8799) thou afar off <07350>_, O LORD <03068>_? [why] hidest <05956> (8686) thou [thyself] in times <06256> of trouble <06869>_?
2The wicked <07563> in [his] pride <01346> doth persecute <01814> (8799) the poor <06041>_: let them be taken <08610> (8735) in the devices <04209> that <02098> they have imagined <02803> (8804)_. {The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}
3For the wicked <07563> boasteth <01984> (8765) of his heart's <05315> desire <08378>_, and blesseth <01288> (8765) the covetous <01214> (8802)_, [whom] the LORD <03068> abhorreth <05006> (8765)_. {heart's: Heb. soul's} {blesseth...: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD}
4The wicked <07563>_, through the pride <01363> of his countenance <0639>_, will not seek <01875> (8799) [after God]: God <0430> [is] not in all his thoughts <04209>_. {God is...: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God}
5His ways <01870> are always <06256> grievous <02342> (8799)_; thy judgments <04941> [are] far above <04791> out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies <06887> (8802)_, he puffeth <06315> (8686) at them.
6He hath said <0559> (8804) in his heart <03820>_, I shall not be moved <04131> (8735)_: for [I shall] never <01755> <01755> [be] in adversity <07451>_. {never: Heb. unto generation and generation}
7His mouth <06310> is full <04390> (8804) of cursing <0423> and deceit <04820> and fraud <08496>_: under his tongue <03956> [is] mischief <05999> and vanity <0205>_. {deceit: Heb. deceits} {vanity: or, iniquity}
8He sitteth <03427> (8799) in the lurking places <03993> of the villages <02691>_: in the secret places <04565> doth he murder <02026> (8799) the innocent <05355>_: his eyes <05869> are privily set <06845> (8799) against the poor <02489>_. {are...: Heb. hide themselves}
9He lieth in wait <0693> (8799) secretly <04565> as a lion <0738> in his den <05520>_: he lieth in wait <0693> (8799) to catch <02414> (8800) the poor <06041>_: he doth catch <02414> (8799) the poor <06041>_, when he draweth <04900> (8800) him into his net <07568>_. {secretly: Heb. in the secret places}
10He croucheth <01794> (8799)_, [and] humbleth <07817> (8799) himself, that the poor <02426> (8675) <02489> (8676) <02489> may fall <05307> (8804) by his strong ones <06099>_. {He...: Heb. He breaketh himself} {by...: or, into his strong parts}
11He hath said <0559> (8804) in his heart <03820>_, God <0410> hath forgotten <07911> (8804)_: he hideth <05641> (8689) his face <06440>_; he will never <05331> see <07200> (8804) [it].
12Arise <06965> (8798)_, O LORD <03068>_; O God <0410>_, lift up <05375> (8798) thine hand <03027>_: forget <07911> (8799) not the humble <06035> (8675) <06041>_. {humble: or, afflicted}
13Wherefore doth the wicked <07563> contemn <05006> (8765) God <0430>_? he hath said <0559> (8804) in his heart <03820>_, Thou wilt not require <01875> (8799) [it].
14Thou hast seen <07200> (8804) [it]; for thou beholdest <05027> (8686) mischief <05999> and spite <03708>_, to requite <05414> (8800) [it] with thy hand <03027>_: the poor <02489> committeth <05800> (8799) himself unto thee; thou art the helper <05826> (8802) of the fatherless <03490>_. {committeth: Heb. leaveth}
15Break <07665> (8798) thou the arm <02220> of the wicked <07563> and the evil <07451> [man]: seek out <01875> (8799) his wickedness <07562> [till] thou find <04672> (8799) none <01077>_.
16The LORD <03068> [is] King <04428> for ever <05769> and ever <05703>_: the heathen <01471> are perished <06> (8804) out of his land <0776>_.
17LORD <03068>_, thou hast heard <08085> (8804) the desire <08378> of the humble <06035>_: thou wilt prepare <03559> (8686) their heart <03820>_, thou wilt cause thine ear <0241> to hear <07181> (8686)_: {prepare: or, establish}
18To judge <08199> (8800) the fatherless <03490> and the oppressed <01790>_, that the man <0582> of the earth <0776> may no more <03254> (8686) oppress <06206> (8800)_. {oppress: or, terrify}