13. How can the wicked despise Godand say to themselves, “He will not punish me”?
14. But you do see; you take notice of trouble and sufferingand are always ready to help.The helpless commit themselves to you;you have always helped the needy.
15. Break the power of wicked and evil people;punish them for the wrong they have doneuntil they do it no more.
16. The Lord is king for ever and ever.Those who worship other godswill vanish from his land.
17. You will listen, O Lord, to the prayers of the lowly;you will give them courage.
18. You will hear the cries of the oppressed and the orphans;you will judge in their favour,so that mortal men may cause terror no more.