A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.
Why ado You stand afar off, O LORD?Why bdo You hide 1Yourself in times of trouble?Or Your eyesPs 22:1Ps 13:1; 55:12 In apride the wicked 1hotly pursue the afflicted;2Let them be bcaught in the plots which they have devised.Lit burnOr They will be caughtPs 73:6, 8Ps 7:16; 9:16
3 For the wicked aboasts of his bheart’s desire,And 1the greedy man curses and cspurns the LORD.Or blesses the greedy manPs 49:6; 94:3, 4Ps 112:10Ps 10:134 The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, adoes not seek Him.All his 1thoughts are, “bThere is no God.”Or plotsPs 10:13; 36:2Ps 14:1; 36:1
5 His ways 1aprosper at all times;Your judgments are on high, bout of his sight;As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.Lit are strongPs 52:7Ps 28:56 He says to himself, “aI will not be moved;1Throughout all generations bI will not be in adversity.”Lit ToPs 49:11; Eccl 8:11Rev 18:77 His amouth is full of curses and deceit and boppression;cUnder his tongue is mischief and wickedness.Rom 3:14Ps 73:8Job 20:12; Ps 140:38 He sits in the alurking places of the villages;In the hiding places he bkills the innocent;His eyes 1stealthily watch for the 2cunfortunate.Lit lie in waitOr poorPs 11:2Ps 94:6Ps 72:129 He lurks in a hiding place as aa lion in his 1lair;He blurks to catch cthe afflicted;He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his dnet.Or thicketPs 17:12Ps 59:3; Mic 7:2Ps 10:2Ps 140:510 He 1crouches, he 2bows down,And the 3unfortunate fall 4by his mighty ones.Or is crushedOr is bowed downOr poorOr into his claws11 He asays to himself, “God has forgotten;He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”Ps 10:4
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, alift up Your hand.bDo not forget the afflicted.Ps 17:7; Mic 5:9Ps 9:1213 Why has the wicked aspurned God?He has said to himself, “You will not require it.”Ps 10:314 You have seen it, for You have beheld amischief and vexation to 1take it into Your hand.The 2bunfortunate commits himself to You;You have been the chelper of the orphan.Lit put, giveOr poorPs 10:7Ps 22:11Ps 68:515 aBreak the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,1bSeek out his wickedness until You find none.Or May You seekPs 37:17Ps 140:11
16 The LORD is aKing forever and ever;bNations have perished from His land.Ps 29:10Deut 8:2017 O LORD, You have heard the adesire of the 1humble;You will bstrengthen their heart, cYou will incline Your earOr afflictedPs 9:181 Chr 29:18Ps 34:1518 To 1vindicate the aorphan and the boppressed,So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause cterror.Lit judgePs 146:9Ps 9:9; 74:21Is 29:20