1 Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? {Why} hidest thou thyself in times of distress?2 The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.3 For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.4 The wicked {saith}, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!5 His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; {as for} all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.7 His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.9 He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.10 He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.11 He saith in his heart, *God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see {it}.12 Arise, Jehovah; O *God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.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 thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.15 Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness {till} thou find none.16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,18 To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

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。