Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah?
Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
In the pride of the wicked {Or, he doth hotly pursue the poor}the poor {Hebrew: is set on fire.}is hotly pursued;
{Or, They are taken}Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire,
And {Or, blesseth the covetous, but contemneth &c.}the covetous renounceth, yea, {Or, revileth}contemneth Jehovah.
The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it.
All his thoughts are, There is no God.
His ways are {Or, grievous}firm at all times;
Thy judgments are far above out of his sight:
As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved;
To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and {Or, fraud}oppression:
Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
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 {Or, hapless}helpless.
He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert;
He lieth in wait to catch the poor:
He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
{Another reading is, And being crushed.}He croucheth, he boweth down,
And the {Or, hapless}helpless fall by his strong ones.
He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten;
He hideth his face; he will never see it.
Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand:
Forget not the {Or, meek.}poor.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God,
And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest {Or, travail and grief}mischief and spite, {Or, to take it into thy hand}to requite it with thy hand:
The {Or, hapless}helpless committeth himself unto thee;
Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Break thou the arm of the wicked;
And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Jehovah is King for ever and ever:
The {Or, heathen}nations are perished out of his land.
Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek:
Thou wilt {Or, establish}prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
Querverweise zu Psalm 10,14 Ps 10,14
Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; keep not silence:O Lord, be not far from me.
Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Cast {Or, what he hath given thee}thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee:He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,Is God in his holy habitation.
The eyes of Jehovah are in every place,Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this {Or, portion}plat, saith Jehovah. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of Jehovah.
For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard {Or, that which he hath committed unto me Greek: my deposit.}that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Jehovah preserveth the sojourners;He upholdeth the fatherless and widow;But the way of the wicked he {Or, maketh crooked}turneth upside down.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.
then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.
He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? {Or, will ye repay a deed of mine, or will ye do aught unto me? swiftly &c.}will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your {Or, deed}recompense upon your own head.