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。