Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Why ,
O
LORD,
do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Why do you stand far off ,
Yahweh
? Why do you hide yourself
in times of trouble?
In pride
the wicked pursue
the needy
; let
them
be
caught in the schemes they devise.
In arrogance,
the wicked hunt
down
the weak
; They
are
caught in the schemes that
they devise.
For the wicked man
boasts in
the
cravings
of his heart;
he blesses the greedy and reviles
the
LORD
.
For the wicked boasts of his heart's
cravings,
He blesses the greedy ,
and condemns
Yahweh
.
In
his
pride
the wicked man
does
not
seek
Him;
in all
his schemes
there
is
no God.
The wicked ,
in the
pride
of
his face,
Has
no room
in
his
thoughts
for
God.
He
is
secure
in
his ways at all times; Your lofty
judgments
are far from him;
he sneers at all
his
foes
.
His ways are
prosperous
at all times; He
is
haughty,
and
your laws
are far from his
sight:
As
for
all
his
adversaries,
he sneers at them
.
He says to
himself
, “
I will
not be moved
; from
age
to
age
I am
free
of
distress
. ”
He says in
his
heart
, "
I shall
not be shaken
; For
generations
I shall
have
no
trouble
. "
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence;
trouble
and
malice
are
under his tongue.
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression.
Under his tongue is
mischief
and
iniquity
.
He lies in wait near the villages ;
in
ambush
he slays
the innocent ;
his eyes watch
in
stealth
for
the helpless.
He lies in wait near the villages .
From
ambushes,
he murders
the innocent .
His eyes are
secretly
set
against
the helpless.
He lies
in wait
like
a lion in a
thicket;
he lurks
to seize
the oppressed;
he catches the lowly
in his net.
He lurks
in secret
as
a lion in his
ambush.
He lies
in
wait
to catch
the helpless.
He catches the helpless,
when
he
draws
him
in his net.
They
are crushed and
beaten
down;
the
hapless
fall prey
to
his strength.
The
helpless
are crushed ,
they
collapse,
They
fall under
his strength.
He says to
himself
, “
God has forgotten ;
He hides His face and
never sees
. ”
He says in
his
heart
, "
God has forgotten .
He hides his face .
He
will
never see
it
. "
Arise, O
LORD
! Lift up Your hand ,
O
God
! Do
not
forget the helpless.
Arise, Yahweh
! God,
lift up your hand! Don't
forget the helpless.
Why has
the wicked man
renounced
God ?
He
says
to
himself
, “You
will
never
call me to
account .”
Why does
the wicked person
condemn
God, And
say
in
his
heart,
"God
won't
call me into
account ?"
But 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.
But you do
see
trouble and grief; You consider
it
to take
it into
your hand. You help
the victim
and
the fatherless.
Break the arm of the wicked and
evildoer;
call
him
to
account
for his wickedness until none is
left
to
be
found
.
Break the arm of the wicked .
As
for the
evil
man,
seek
out
his wickedness until you
find
none.
The
LORD
is King forever and ever ;
the nations perish from
His land.
Yahweh
is King forever and ever !
The nations will
perish out
of
his land.
You have heard ,
O
LORD,
the desire of the humble ;
You will strengthen
their hearts
. You will incline
Your ear,
Yahweh,
you have heard the desire of the humble .
You will prepare
their heart
. You will cause
your ear to
hear
,
to vindicate
the fatherless and oppressed, that the
men
of the earth may strike
terror
no more.
To judge
the fatherless and the
oppressed, That man
who
is
of the earth may terrify
no more.
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