1. Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
2. The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3. For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
4. The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God
5. His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
6. He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.
7. His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8. He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
9. He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
10. He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
11. He saith in his heart, ·God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it.
12. Arise, Jehovah; O ·God lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.
13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.