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[1]Whystandest thou far off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, even in affliction?
[2]Thewicked with pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the crafts that they have imagined.
[3]Forthe wicked hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and the covetous blesseth himself: he contemneth the Lord.
[4]Thewicked is so proud that he seeketh not for God: he thinketh always, There is no God.
[5]Hisways alway prosper: thy judgments are high above his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.
[6]Hesaith in his heart, I shall never be moved, nor be in danger.
[7]Hismouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
[8]Helieth in wait in the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poor.
[9]Helieth in wait secretly, even as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to spoil the poor: he doth spoil the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
[10]Hecroucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poor do fall by his might.
[11]Hehath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will never see.
[12]Arise,O Lord God: lift up thine hand: forget not the poor.
[13]Whereforedoth the wicked contemn God? He saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.
[14]Yetthou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine hands: the poor committeth himself unto thee : for thou art the helper of the fatherless.
[15]Breakthou the arm of the wicked and malicious: search his wickedness, and thou shalt find none.
[16]TheLord is King forever and ever: the heathen are destroyed forth of his land.
[17]Lord,thou hast heard the desire of the poor: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine ear to them,
[18]Tojudge the fatherless and poor, that earthly man cause to fear no more.
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