1 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor:let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire,and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance,will not seek after God:God is not in all his thoughts.