A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.
Why ado You stand far away, LORD?Why bdo You hide 1Yourself in times of trouble?Or Your eyesPs 22:1Ps 13:1; 55:12 In aarrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy;1Let them be bcaught in the plots which they have devised.Or They will be caughtPs 73:6, 8Ps 7:16; 9:16
3 For the wicked aboasts of his bsoul’s desire,And 1the greedy person curses and cshows disrespect to the LORD.Or blesses the greedy manPs 49:6; 94:3, 4Ps 112:10Ps 10:134 The wicked, 1in his haughtiness, adoes not seek Him.bThere is no God in all his schemes.Lit the height of his nosePs 10:13; 36:2Ps 14:1; 36:1
5 His ways asucceed at all times;Yet Your judgments are on high, bout of his sight;As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.Ps 52:7Ps 28:56 He says to himself, “aI will not be moved;1Throughout the generations bI will not be in adversity.”Lit ToPs 49:11; Eccl 8:11Rev 18:77 His amouth is full of cursing, deceit, and boppression;cUnder his tongue is harm and injustice.Rom 3:14Ps 73:8Job 20:12; Ps 140:38 He sits in the alurking places of the villages;He bkills the innocent in the secret places;His eyes 1surreptitiously watch for the 2cunfortunate.Lit lie in waitOr poorPs 11:2Ps 94:6Ps 72:129 He lurks in secret like aa lion in his 1lair;He blurks to catch cthe needy;He catches the needy when he pulls him into his dnet.Or thicketPs 17:12Ps 59:3; Mic 7:2Ps 10:2Ps 140:510 Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;And 1unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.Or unhappy11 He asays to himself, “God has forgotten;He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”Ps 10:4
12 Arise, LORD; God, alift up Your hand.bDo not forget the humble.Ps 17:7; Mic 5:9Ps 9:1213 Why has the wicked atreated God disrespectfully?He has said to himself, “1You will not require an account.”I.e., as though God will ignore itPs 10:314 You have seen it, for You have looked at aharm and provocation 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 LORD, You have heard the adesire of the humble;You will bstrengthen their heart, cYou will make Your ear attentivePs 9:181 Chr 29:18Ps 34:1518 To 1vindicate the aorphan and the boppressed,So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause cterror.Lit judgePs 146:9Ps 9:9; 74:21Is 29:20