WHY do You stand afar off, O LORD ? Why do You hide in time of trouble.

2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

3 For the wicked boasts of his heart' s desire; he blesses the greedy and renounce the LORD.

4 The wicked in his proud countance does not seek God; God ia in non of his thoughts.

5 His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for his enemies, he sneerrs at them.

6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity. "

7 His mouth is fulk of cursing and deciet and oppression; under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.

8 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.

9 His lies 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.

10 So he crouches, he lies low, that the helpless may fall by his strength.

11 He has said in his heart, "God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see."

12 Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.

13 Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, " You will not require an account."

14 But You have seen, for You obseve trouble and grief, to repay it by Your  hand. The helpless commits himself to You;You are the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until You find none.

16 The LORD is King forever and ever; the natons have perished out of His land.

17 LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,

18 To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppressed no more. PSALM 10