1 WYC Lord, whi hast thou go fer awei? thou dispisist `in couenable tymes in tribulacioun. BSB BSB: Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
2 WYC While the wickid is proud, the pore man is brent; thei ben taken in the counsels, bi whiche thei thenken. BSB BSB: In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
3 WYC Forwhi the synnere is preisid in the desiris of his soule; and the wickid is blessid. BSB BSB: For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
4 WYC The synnere `wraththide the Lord; vp the multitude of his ire he schal not seke. BSB BSB: In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
5 WYC God is not in his siyt; hise weies ben defoulid in al tyme. God, thi domes ben takun awei fro his face; he schal be lord of alle hise enemyes. 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 WYC For he seide in his herte, Y schal not be moued, fro generacioun in to generacioun without yuel. BSB BSB: He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
7 WYC `Whos mouth is ful of cursyng, and of bitternesse, and of gyle; trauel and sorewe is vndur his tunge. BSB BSB: His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
8 WYC He sittith in aspies with ryche men in priuytees; to sle the innocent man. BSB BSB: He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
9 WYC Hise iyen biholden on a pore man; he settith aspies in hid place, as a lioun in his denne. He settith aspies, for to rauysche a pore man; for to rauysche a pore man, while he drawith the pore man. 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 WYC In his snare he schal make meke the pore man; he schal bowe hym silf, and schal falle doun, whanne he hath be lord of pore men. BSB BSB: They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.
11 WYC For he seide in his herte, God hath foryete; he hath turned awei his face, that he se not in to the ende. BSB BSB: He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
12 WYC Lord God, rise thou vp, and thin hond be enhaunsid; foryete thou not pore men. BSB BSB: Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
13 WYC For what thing terride the wickid man God to wraththe? for he seide in his herte, God schal not seke. BSB BSB: Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
14 WYC Thou seest, for thou biholdist trauel and sorewe; that thou take hem in to thin hondis. The pore man is left to thee; thou schalt be an helpere to the fadirles and modirles. 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 WYC Al to-breke thou the arme of the synnere, and yuel willid; his synne schal be souyt, and it schal not be foundun. 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 WYC The Lord schal regne with outen ende, and in to the world of world; folkis, ye schulen perische fro the lond of hym. BSB BSB: The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
17 WYC The Lord hath herd the desir of pore men; thin eere hath herd the makyng redi of her herte. BSB BSB: You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
18 WYC To deme for the modirles `and meke; that a man `leie to no more to `magnyfie hym silf on erthe. BSB BSB: to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
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