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Why Do You Hide Yourself?
Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
The Perils of the Pilgrim
Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!
His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
He sits in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
in hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
he 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.
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
and fall by his might.
He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
forget not the afflicted.
forget not the afflicted.
Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.
Why does the wicked renounce God
and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
But 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.
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
you have been the helper of the fatherless.
Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
call his wickedness to account till you find none.
call his wickedness to account till you find none.
Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
The Lord is king forever and ever;
the nations perish from his land.
the nations perish from his land.
Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.
O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,