1Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? (مز 9:9; مز 13:1; مز 22:1; مز 22:11; مز 22:19; مز 35:22; مز 38:21)2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. (مز 7:15)3For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses[1] and renounces the Lord. (أي 1:5; أي 1:11; مز 10:13; مز 94:4; إش 3:9)4In the pride of his face[2] the wicked does not seek him;[3] all his thoughts are, “There is no God.” (مز 10:3; مز 14:1; مز 53:1)5His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them. (مز 12:5; إش 26:11)6He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.” (مز 10:11; مز 10:13; رؤ 18:7)7His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. (أي 20:12; مز 5:5; مز 6:8; مز 7:14; مز 36:3; مز 55:11; مز 72:14; مز 140:3; نش 4:11; رو 3:14)8He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; (مز 17:12; مز 64:4; حب 3:14)9he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net. (أي 38:40; مز 9:15; مز 17:12; مز 59:3; مي 7:2)10The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.” (أي 22:13; مز 73:11; مز 94:7; حز 8:12; حز 9:9; صف 1:12)12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted. (مز 3:7; مز 9:12; مز 9:18; مي 5:9)13Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”? (مز 9:12; مز 10:3)14But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless. (مز 33:13; مز 68:5; مز 146:9; هو 14:3; 2تي 1:12; 1بط 4:19)15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none. (مز 37:17; مز 37:36; إش 41:12)16The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land. (خر 15:18; تث 8:20; مز 29:10; إر 10:10; مرا 5:19; دا 4:34; دا 6:26; 1تي 1:17; رؤ 11:15)17O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear (1أخ 29:18)18to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. (مز 9:9; مز 9:19; مز 17:14; مز 74:21; مز 82:3; إش 1:17; إش 11:4)