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A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.
Why ado You stand far away, O LORD?Why bdo You hide Yourself, veiling Your eyes in times of trouble?2 In apride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;Let them be bcaught in the plots which they have devised.
3 For the wicked aboasts and sings the praises of his bheart’s desire,And the greedy man curses and cspurns and even despises the LORD.4 The wicked, in the haughtiness of his face, awill not seek nor inquire for Him;All his thoughts are, “bThere is no God so there is no accountability or punishment.”
5 His ways aprosper at all times;Your judgments LORD are on high, bout of his sight so he never thinks about them;As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.6 He says to himself, “aI will not be moved;For throughout all generations bI will not be in adversity for nothing bad will happen to me.”7 His amouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and boppression;cUnder his tongue is mischief and wickedness injustice and sin.8 He lurks in aambush in the villages;In hiding places he bkills the innocent;He lies in wait for the cunfortunate the unhappy, the poor, the helpless.9 He lurks in a hiding place like aa lion in his lair;He blies in wait to catch cthe afflicted;He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his dnet.10 He crushes his prey and crouches;And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.11 He asays to himself, “God has quite forgotten;He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”
12 Arise, O LORD! O God, alift up Your hand in judgment;bDo not forget the suffering.13 Why has the wicked aspurned and shown disrespect to God?He has said to himself, “You will not require me to account.”14 You have seen it, for You have noted amischief and vexation (irritation) to take it into Your hand.The bunfortunate commits himself to You;You are the chelper of the fatherless.15 aBreak the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,bSeek out his wickedness until You find no more.
16 The LORD is aKing forever and ever;The bnations will perish from His land.17 O LORD, You have heard the adesire of the humble and oppressed;You will bstrengthen their heart, cYou will incline Your ear to hear,18 To vindicate and obtain justice for the afatherless and the boppressed,So that man who is of the earth will no longer cterrify them.