Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Why standest
thou
afar
off
, O LORD? why hidest
thou
thyself
in times of trouble?
Why, O LORD ,
do
You
stand
far
off
? Why do
You
hide
in times of trouble?
The
wicked
in his
pride doth
persecute
the poor:
let them be taken
in the devices
that
they have
imagined
.
In pride the wicked
pursue
the
needy;
let them be caught
in the schemes
they devise
.
For the wicked boasteth
of his heart's
desire,
and
blesseth
the covetous,
whom
the LORD abhorreth
.
For the wicked man
boasts
in
the
cravings
of his heart;
he
blesses
the greedy
and
reviles
the LORD.
The wicked ,
through
the
pride
of
his
countenance,
will
not seek after
God:
God
is
not
in all his thoughts
.
In
his
pride
the wicked man
does
not seek Him;
in all his schemes
there
is
no
God
.
His ways are
always
grievous
; thy
judgments are far above
out
of
his
sight:
as
for
all
his
enemies,
he puffeth
at them
.
He
is
secure
in
his ways at
all
times
; Your
lofty
judgments are far from
him;
he sneers
at all
his
foes
.
He hath
said
in
his
heart
, I shall
not be moved :
for
I shall
never
be
in
adversity
.
He says
to
himself
, “
I will
not be moved ;
from
age
to
age
I am
free
of
distress
. ”
His mouth is full of cursing and
deceit and fraud:
under his tongue is
mischief
and
vanity
.
His mouth is full of cursing ,
deceit ,
and violence;
trouble
and
malice
are
under his tongue.
He sitteth
in the
lurking
places
of
the villages :
in the
secret
places
doth
he murder
the innocent :
his eyes are
privily
set
against
the poor
.
He lies
in wait
near
the villages ;
in ambush
he slays
the innocent ;
his eyes watch
in
stealth
for
the helpless
.
He lieth
in wait secretly
as
a lion in his
den:
he lieth
in
wait
to catch
the poor:
he doth
catch
the poor,
when
he
draweth
him
into
his net.
He lies
in wait like
a lion in a
thicket;
he lurks
to seize
the oppressed;
he catches
the lowly
in
his net.
He
croucheth,
and humbleth
himself,
that
the poor
may
fall by
his strong
ones
.
They
are
crushed
and beaten
down;
the hapless
fall prey
to
his strength
.
He hath
said
in
his
heart
, God hath
forgotten :
he hideth
his face ;
he
will
never see
it
.
He says
to
himself
, “
God has
forgotten ;
He hides
His face and
never sees
. ”
Arise, O LORD ;
O
God,
lift up thine
hand :
forget
not the humble
.
Arise, O LORD !
Lift up Your
hand ,
O
God!
Do
not forget
the helpless
.
Wherefore
doth
the wicked contemn
God? he hath
said
in
his
heart
, Thou
wilt
not
require
it
.
Why
has
the wicked man
renounced
God? He says
to
himself
, “You
will
never
call
me
to
account
. ”
Thou
hast
seen
it;
for
thou
beholdest
mischief
and spite,
to requite
it with
thy
hand :
the poor
committeth
himself unto
thee
; thou
art
the helper of the fatherless.
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.
Break thou
the arm of the wicked and the
evil
man:
seek
out
his wickedness till
thou
find
none.
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
call
him
to
account
for
his wickedness until
none is
left
to
be
found
.
The LORD is King for
ever
and ever :
the heathen
are
perished
out
of
his land.
The LORD is King forever
and ever ;
the nations
perish
from
His land.
LORD, thou
hast
heard
the desire of the humble :
thou
wilt
prepare
their heart,
thou
wilt
cause
thine
ear to
hear:
You
have
heard,
O
LORD, the desire of the humble ;
You
will
strengthen
their hearts.
You
will
incline
Your
ear ,
To judge
the fatherless and the
oppressed, that the man
of the earth may no more oppress
.
to vindicate
the fatherless and oppressed, that the men
of the earth may strike
terror
no more.
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