The Perils of the Pilgrim 1 CPDV So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away? Why have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation? BSB BSB: Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
2 CPDV While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise. BSB BSB: In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
3 CPDV For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed. BSB BSB: For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
4 CPDV The sinner has provoked the Lord; according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him. BSB BSB: In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
5 CPDV 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. 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 CPDV For he has said in his heart, “I will not be disturbed: from generation to generation without evil.” BSB BSB: He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
7 CPDV His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit. Under his tongue are hardship and sorrow. BSB BSB: His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
8 CPDV He sits in ambush, with resources in hidden places, so that he may execute the innocent. BSB BSB: He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
9 CPDV 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. 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 CPDV With his snare, he will bring him down. He will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor. BSB BSB: They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.
11 CPDV For he has said in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.” BSB BSB: He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
12 CPDV O Lord God, rise up. Let your hand be exalted. Do not forget the poor. BSB BSB: Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
13 CPDV How has the impious one provoked God? For he has said in his heart, “He will not inquire.” BSB BSB: Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
14 CPDV 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. 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 CPDV Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious. His sin will be sought, and it will not be found. 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 CPDV The Lord shall reign in eternity, even forever and ever. You will perish the Gentiles from his land. BSB BSB: The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
17 CPDV The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor. Your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart, BSB BSB: You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
18 CPDV so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon the earth. BSB BSB: to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
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