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9.20
PSALMS
- 20Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail;
- Let the nations be judged in Thy sight.
- 21Set terror over them, O Lord;
- Let the nations know they are but men. Selah
- 10 Why standest Thou afar off, O Lord?
- Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?
- 2Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued,
- They are taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- 3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire,
- And the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the Lord.
- 4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance [, saith]: 'He will not require';
- All his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'
- 5His ways prosper at all times;
- Thy judgments are far above out of his sight;
- As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
- 6He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved,
- I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'
- 7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression;
- Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
- 8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages;
- In secret places doth he slay the innocent;
- His eyes are on the watch for the helpless.
- 9He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair,
- He lieth in wait to catch the poor;
- He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.
- 10He croucheth, he boweth down,
- And the helpless fall into his mighty claws.
- 11He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten;
- He hideth His face; He will never see.'
- 12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Thy hand;
- Forget not the humble.
- 13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God,
- And say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?
- 14Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand;
- Unto Thee the helpless committeth himself;
- Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
- 15Break Thou the arm of the wicked;
- And as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.
- 16The Lord is King for ever and ever;
- The nations are perished out of His land.
- 17Lord, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble:
- Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;
- 18To right the fatherless and the oppressed,
- That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
11 For the Leader. [A Psalm] of David.
- In the Lord have I taken refuge;
- How say ye to my soul:
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