1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

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Psalms 22:1, Psalms 22:1, Psalms 27:9, Psalms 27:9, Psalms 13:1

2Through the haughtiness of the wicked the poor are in distress; They are caught in the wiles which are contrived for them.

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Psalms 59:12, Psalms 59:12, Psalms 36:11, Psalms 7:16, Psalms 36:11

3The wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire; The rapacious renounceth and contemneth Jehovah.

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Psalms 94:4, Psalms 94:4, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:19, Zechariah 11:5

4The wicked [saith] in his haughtiness, "He careth not!" All his thoughts are, "There is no God."

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Psalms 14:1, Psalms 14:2, Psalms 14:1, Psalms 14:2, Acts 8:22

5His course is always prosperous; Far in the heights are thy judgments from him; As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

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Isaiah 26:11, Isaiah 26:11, Psalms 12:5, Psalms 92:5, Psalms 92:6

6He saith in his heart, "I shall never fall; I shall never be in adversity."

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Matthew 24:48, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Isaiah 56:12, Matthew 24:48, Ecclesiastes 8:11

7His mouth is full of perjury, deceit, and oppression; Mischief and injustice are upon his tongue.

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Psalms 7:14, Psalms 7:14, Job 20:12, Job 20:12, Psalms 73:8

8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed upon the poor.

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Habakkuk 3:14, Habakkuk 3:14, 1 Samuel 22:18, Jeremiah 22:17, 1 Samuel 22:18

9He secretly lieth in wait, like a lion in a thicket; He lieth in wait to seize upon the helpless; He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

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Psalms 17:12, Psalms 17:12, Psalms 59:3, Psalms 59:3, Micah 7:2

10He croucheth, and lowereth himself, And the wretched fall into his paws.

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1 Samuel 23:21, 1 Samuel 23:22, 1 Samuel 23:21, 1 Samuel 23:22, 1 Samuel 18:21

11He saith in his heart, "God doth forget; He hideth his face; he doth never see it."

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Ezekiel 8:12, Ezekiel 8:12, Psalms 94:7, Psalms 94:7, Psalms 73:11

12Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up thine hand: Forget not the distressed!

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Micah 5:9, Micah 5:9, Psalms 9:12, Psalms 9:12, Isaiah 33:10

13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, "He careth not for it"?

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Luke 10:16, Psalms 74:10, Genesis 9:5, Psalms 74:18, 2 Samuel 12:9

14Thou dost see it; yea, thou beholdest malice and oppression, And markest it upon thy hand! The poor committeth himself to thee; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.

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Psalms 68:5, Psalms 68:5, Psalms 146:9, Psalms 146:9, Hosea 14:3

15Break thou the arm of the unjust and wicked man; Seek out his wickedness, till thou canst find none!

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Zephaniah 1:12, Zephaniah 1:12, Job 38:15, Psalms 37:17, Job 38:15

16Jehovah is king for ever and ever; The gentiles shall perish out of his land.

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1 Timothy 1:17, Psalms 29:10, 1 Timothy 1:17, Psalms 29:10, Jeremiah 10:10

17Thou, O LORD! wilt hear the desires of the distressed; Thou wilt strengthen their hearts; Thou wilt lend a listening ear!

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Psalms 145:19, Psalms 145:19, 2 Chronicles 34:27, 2 Chronicles 34:27, Psalms 34:15

18Thou wilt maintain the cause of the fatherless and the oppressed, That henceforth none may be driven from the land.

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Psalms 9:9, Psalms 82:3, Psalms 9:9, Psalms 82:3, Isaiah 11:4