1<\/sup>So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away? Why have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>The sinner has provoked the Lord; according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>God is not before his sight. His ways are stained at all times. Your judgments are removed from his face. He will be master of all his enemies.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>For he has said in his heart, “I will not be disturbed: from generation to generation without evil.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit. Under his tongue are hardship and sorrow.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>He sits in ambush, with resources in hidden places, so that he may execute the innocent.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>His eyes catch sight of the poor. He lies in ambush, in hiding like a lion in his den. He lies in ambush, so that he may seize the poor, to seize the poor as he draws him in.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>With his snare, he will bring him down. He will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>For he has said in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>O Lord God, rise up. Let your hand be exalted. Do not forget the poor.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>How has the impious one provoked God? For he has said in his heart, “He will not inquire.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow, so that you may deliver them into your hands. The poor one has been abandoned to you. You will be a helper to the orphan.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious. His sin will be sought, and it will not be found.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>The Lord shall reign in eternity, even forever and ever. You will perish the Gentiles from his land.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor. Your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon the earth.<\/span> <\/p>\n