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.
5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
1 耶和华啊！ 你为什么远远地站着？在患难的时候， 你为什么隐藏起来呢？
2 恶人骄横地追逼困苦人， 愿恶人陷入自己所设的阴谋中。
3 恶人夸耀心中的欲望， 他称赞贪财的人， 却藐视耶和华（"他称赞贪财的人， 却藐视耶和华"或译： "贪财的人谤渎耶和华， 并藐视他"）。
4 恶人面带骄傲， 说： "耶和华必不追究！ "在他的一切思想中， 都没有 神。
5 他的道路时常稳妥， 你的判断高超， 他却不放在眼内； 他对所有的仇敌都嗤之以鼻。
6 他心里说： "我必永不摇动， 我决不会遭遇灾难。"
7 他口里充满咒诅、诡诈和欺压的话， 舌头底下尽是毒害与奸恶。
8 他在村庄里埋伏等候， 在隐密处杀害无辜的人， 他的眼睛暗地里窥探不幸的人。
9 他在隐密处埋伏， 像狮子埋伏在丛林中； 他埋伏要掳走困苦人， 他把困苦人拉入自己的网中， 掳走了他们。
10 他击打， 他屈身蹲伏， 不幸的人就倒在他的爪下。
11 他心里说： " 神已经忘记了， 他已经掩面， 永远不看。"
12 耶和华啊！ 求你起来； 神啊！ 求你举起手来， 不要忘记困苦的人。
13 恶人为什么藐视 神， 心里说： "你必不追究"呢？
14 其实你已经看见了， 忧患与愁苦你都已经看到， 并且放在自己的手中； 不幸的人把自己交托你； 你是帮助孤儿的。
15 愿你打断恶人和坏人的膀臂， 愿你追究他们的恶行， 直到清清楚楚。
16 耶和华作王直到永永远远， 列国都从他的地上灭亡。
17 耶和华啊！ 困苦人的心愿你已经听见， 你必坚固他们的心， 也必留心听他们的呼求；
18 好为孤儿和受欺压的人伸冤， 使地上的人不再施行恐吓。