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WHY standest thou afar off, O LORD? and witholdest thy care in times of trouble?

The pride of the wicked maketh the poor to suffer; let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

For the ungodly boasts of his own desire, and the LORD is angry when the wicked is blessed.

The wicked in the pride of his countenance will not seek after God; and there is no God in all his thoughts.

His ways are always weak; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he despises them.

He says in his heart, I shall not be moved from generation to generation; for he conceives evil.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and deceit.

He sits in the lurking place of a den; and in a secret place does he murder the innocent; his eyes spy on the destitute.

He lies in wait to snare the poor by drawing him into his net.

He shall be humbled and overthrown, and in his bones there shall be sickness and pain.

He says in his heart, God has forgotten; he has turned away his face; he will never see it.

Arise, O LORD; O my God, lift up thine hand; forget not the afflicted.

Why does the wicked provoke God? He says in his heart, God does not seek vengeance.

Thou hast seen it; for there is mischief and wrath, for thou beholdest that he hath surrendered himself unto thy hands; and the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

The LORD is King for ever and ever; the Gentiles are perished out of his land.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thine ear hath heard the preparation of their heart;

Execute justice to the fatherless and to the afflicted, so that man may not be destroyed from the face of the earth.

IN the LORD put I my trust; how say you to me, Flee as a bird to the mountains?

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.

For if they have destroyed the foundations which the LORD has prepared, what can the righteous do?

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORDS throne is in heaven; his eyes behold, his eyelids examine, the children of men.

The LORD tries the righteous and the wicked; but his soul hates him that loves violence.

Snares have come down upon the wicked like rain; fire and brimstone and a destructive tempest shall be the portion of their cup.

For the LORD is righteous, and he loves righteousness; his countenance beholds the upright.

SAVE, O LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for faith hath disappeared from the earth.

Men speak vanity, every one with his neighbour; with flattering lips, and with a double heart do they speak.

The LORD shall destroy all flattering lips and tongues that speak proud things.

For they have said, With our tongue will we prevail: our lips are our own; who is lord over us?

Because of the oppression of the poor and the groans of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; and I will bring salvation openly.

The words of the LORD are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace on earth, they are purified seven times.

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD; thou shalt preserve me and save me from this generation for ever.

For the wicked walk everywhere with contemptible pride like the children of Edom.

HOW long, O LORD, wilt thou forsake me? For ever? How long wilt thou turn away thy face from me?

How long shall I keep sorrow in my soul and misery in my heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him, and those that trouble me rejoice when I am shaken.

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

I will sing unto the LORD, because he has saved me.

THE fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have been defiled by their own devices; there is none that does good.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God.

They are all gone astray and have been rejected all together; there is none that does good; no, not one.

They recognized not the workers of iniquity, who devour my people as one eats bread; and they called not upon the LORD.

There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

They have reproached the counsel of the poor, because he trusts on the LORD.

Who shall give out of Zion the salvation to Israel? When the LORD brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad.

LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? who shall inhabit thy holy mountain?

He that walks uprightly and works righteousness and speaks the truth in his heart.

He that deceives not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor accepts a bribe from his neighbor;

In whose eyes a detestable person is despised; but he honors them that worship the LORD; he that swears to his neighbor and lies not;

He that lends not out his money with interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things is upright and shall never be moved.

PRESERVE me, O God; for in thee do I put my trust.

I have said unto the LORD, Thou art my LORD, and my goodness cometh from thee;

I said it also to the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

The sorrows of the wicked shall be multiplied in rapid succession that I may not pour out their libations of blood; nor will I mention their names with my lips.

The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; thou shalt restore my inheritance.

My portion of the land fell to me in goodly places; yea, I have been pleased with my heritage.

I will bless the LORD, for he has given me counsel; my intuition also guides me during the night.

I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; my flesh also shall rest in hope.

For thou hast left not my soul in Sheol; neither hast thou suffered thy Holy One to see corruption.

Thou wilt show me the path of life, and I shall be filled with the joy of thy countenance, with the pleasure of victory of thy right hand.

HEAR, O Holy LORD, and consider my supplication; give ear unto my prayer that proceedeth not out of deceitful lips.

Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are just.

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and thou hast not found iniquity in me; nothing hath come out of my mouth which is according to the deceitful works of men.

Through the conversation of my lips thou hast kept me from evil ways.

Thou hast strengthened my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

I have called upon thee, for thou hast heard me. O God, incline thine ear unto me and hear my words.

Make thy Holy One a wonder and a Saviour to those who trust; but let him prevail against those that rise up against thy right hand.

Keep me as the apple of the eye; protect me under the shadow of thy wings,

From the sinners who plunder me, from the enemies of my soul who surround me.

Silence their mouth, for they have spoken vanity.

They have praised me, and now have surrounded me; they have determined to bury me in the ground.

They are like a lion that is eager to prey, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

Arise, O LORD, humble them; cast them down; deliver my soul from the wicked and from the sword,

From the dead that die by thy hand, O LORD; and from the dead of the grave, divide their possessions among the living; fill their belly with thy treasure, so that their children are satisfied and have a portion remaining for their own children.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when thy worship is revived.