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Why standest[H5975] thou afar off[H7350], O LORD?[H3068] why hidest[H5956] thou thyself in times[H6256] of trouble?[H6869]
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The wicked[H7563] in his pride[H1346] doth persecute[H1814] the poor[H6041]: let them be taken[H8610] in the devices[H4209]that[H2098] they have imagined[H2803].
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For the wicked[H7563]boasteth[H1984] of his heart's desire[H8378], and blesseth[H1288] the covetous[H1214], whom the LORD[H3068]abhorreth[H5006].
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The wicked[H7563], through the pride[H1363] of his countenance[H639], will not seek[H1875] after God[H430]: God[H430] is not in all his thoughts[H4209].
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His ways[H1870] are always[H6256]grievous[H2342]; thy judgments[H4941] are far above[H4791] out of his sight: as for all his enemies[H6887], he puffeth[H6315] at them.
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He hath said[H559] in his heart[H3820], I shall not be moved[H4131]: for I shall never[H1755] be in adversity[H7451].
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His mouth[H6310] is full[H4390] of cursing[H423] and deceit[H4820] and fraud[H8496]: under his tongue[H3956] is mischief[H5999] and vanity[H205].
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He sitteth[H3427] in the lurking places[H3993] of the villages[H2691]: in the secret places[H4565] doth he murder[H2026] the innocent[H5355]: his eyes[H5869] are privily set[H6845] against the poor[H2489].
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He lieth in wait[H693]secretly[H4565] as a lion[H738] in his den[H5520]: he lieth in wait[H693] to catch[H2414] the poor[H6041]: he doth catch[H2414] the poor[H6041], when he draweth[H4900] him into his net[H7568].
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He croucheth[H1794], and humbleth[H7817] himself, that the poor[H2426] may fall[H5307] by his strong ones[H6099].
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He hath said[H559] in his heart[H3820], God[H410] hath forgotten[H7911]: he hideth[H5641] his face[H6440]; he will never[H5331]see[H7200] it.
12Arise[H6965], O LORD[H3068]; O God[H410], lift up[H5375] thine hand[H3027]: forget[H7911] not the humble[H6035].
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Wherefore doth the wicked[H7563]contemn[H5006]God?[H430] he hath said[H559] in his heart[H3820], Thou wilt not require[H1875] it.
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Thou hast seen[H7200] it; for thou beholdest[H5027]mischief[H5999] and spite[H3708], to requite[H5414] it with thy hand[H3027]: the poor[H2489]committeth[H5800] himself unto thee; thou art the helper[H5826] of the fatherless[H3490].
15Break[H7665] thou the arm[H2220] of the wicked[H7563] and the evil[H7451] man: seek out[H1875] his wickedness[H7562] till thou find[H4672]none[H1077].
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The LORD[H3068] is King[H4428] for ever[H5769] and ever[H5703]: the heathen[H1471] are perished[H6] out of his land[H776].
17LORD[H3068], thou hast heard[H8085] the desire[H8378] of the humble[H6035]: thou wilt prepare[H3559] their heart[H3820], thou wilt cause thine ear[H241] to hear[H7181]:
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To judge[H8199] the fatherless[H3490] and the oppressed[H1790], that the man[H582] of the earth[H776] may no more[H3254]oppress[H6206].