1:
Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
2:
Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
3:
For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.
4:
The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:
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God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.
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For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.
7:
His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow.
8:
He sitteth in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent.
9:
His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.
10:
In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.
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For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.
12:
Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.
13:
Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.
14:
Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.
15:
Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.
16:
The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.
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The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.
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To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.