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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
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Why do You stand
afar off, O LORD?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?
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The wicked in his
pride persecutes the poor;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
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For the wicked
boasts of his heart’s desire;
He blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD.
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The wicked in his
proud countenance does not seek God;
God is in none of his thoughts.
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His ways are always
prospering;
Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
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He has said in his
heart, “I shall not be moved;
I shall never be in adversity.”
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His mouth is full of
cursing and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
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He sits in the
lurking places of the villages;
In the secret places he murders the innocent;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
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He lies in wait
secretly, as a lion in his den;
He lies in wait to catch the poor;
He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
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So he crouches, he
lies low,
That the helpless may fall by his strength.
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He has said in his
heart,
“God has forgotten;
He hides His face;
He will never see.”
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Arise, O LORD!
O God, lift up Your hand!
Do not forget the humble.
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Why do the wicked
renounce God?
He has said in his heart,
“You will not require an account.”
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But You have seen,
for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless commits himself to You;
You are the helper of the fatherless.
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Break the arm of the
wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
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The LORD is King
forever and ever;
The nations have perished out of His land.
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LORD, You have heard
the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,
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To do justice to the
fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may oppress no more.
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