| 1 | Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity, |
| 2 | Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised. |
| 3 | Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah. |
| 4 | The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' [are] all his devices. |
| 5 | Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries—he puffeth at them. |
| 6 | He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil. |
| 7 | Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity, |
| 8 | He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly, |
| 9 | He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net. |
| 10 | He is bruised—he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted. |
| 11 | He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.' |
| 12 | Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble. |
| 13 | Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.' |
| 14 | Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper. |
| 15 | Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none; |
| 16 | Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land! |
| 17 | The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend, |
| 18 | To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress—man of the earth! |