42 lines
1.9 KiB
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42 lines
1.9 KiB
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# Chapter 10
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1 Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?
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Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
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let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
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3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
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and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
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4 In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;
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all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
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5 His ways prosper at all times;
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your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
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as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
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6 He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
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throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
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7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
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under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
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8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
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in hiding places he murders the innocent.
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His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
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9 he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
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he lurks that he may seize the poor;
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he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
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10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
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and fall by his might.
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11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
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he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
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12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
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forget not the afflicted.
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13 Why does the wicked renounce God
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and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
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14 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
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that you may take it into your hands;
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to you the helpless commits himself;
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you have been the helper of the fatherless.
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15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
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call his wickedness to account till you find none.
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16 The Lord is king forever and ever;
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the nations perish from his land.
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17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
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you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
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18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
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so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. |