Study Desk

Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why dost thou overlook us in times of need, in affliction?

The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD.

Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.

The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after him: God is not before him.

His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

His ways are profane at all times; thy judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

He has said in his heart, "I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity."

For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, continuing without evil from generation to generation.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.

Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.

He lies in wait with rich men in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him after him: he will bring him down in his snare.

So he crouches, he lies low, That the helpless may fall by his strength.

He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

He has said in his heart, "God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see."

For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.

Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.

Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, "You will not require an account."

Wherefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require it.

But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Thou seest it; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to the orphan.

Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

The LORD is King forever and ever; The nations have perished out of His land.

The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish out his land.

LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,

The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more.

to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.