The Perils of the Pilgrim 1 AKJV Why stand you afar off, O LORD? why hide you yourself in times of trouble? BSB BSB: Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
2 AKJV The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. BSB BSB: In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
3 AKJV For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors. BSB BSB: For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
4 AKJV The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. BSB BSB: In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
5 AKJV His ways are always grievous; your judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffs at them. BSB BSB: He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
6 AKJV He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. BSB BSB: He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
7 AKJV His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. BSB BSB: His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
8 AKJV He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privately set against the poor. BSB BSB: He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
9 AKJV He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net. BSB BSB: He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
10 AKJV He crouches, and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. BSB BSB: They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.
11 AKJV He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it. BSB BSB: He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
12 AKJV Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand: forget not the humble. BSB BSB: Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
13 AKJV Why does the wicked scorn God? he has said in his heart, You will not require it. BSB BSB: Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
14 AKJV You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. BSB BSB: But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 AKJV Break you the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till you find none. BSB BSB: Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
16 AKJV The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. BSB BSB: The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
17 AKJV LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear: BSB BSB: You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
18 AKJV To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. BSB BSB: to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
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