1. Why dost thou stand afar off, O Lord? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble?
2. The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3. For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire and blesses the covetous, whom the Lord abhors.
4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.