Why Do You Hide Yourself?
1 Why, O Lord, do you stand Ps. 22:1,11,19;35:22;38:21far away?
Why Ps. 13:1do you hide yourself in Ps. 9:9times of trouble?
2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them [Ps. 7:15,16]be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked Ps. 94:4;[Isa. 3:9] boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain ver. 13curses10:3 Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain and Job 1:5,11renounces the Lord.
4 In the pride of his face10:4 Or of his anger the wicked does not [See ver. 3above] seek him;10:4 Or the wicked says, "He will not call to account"
all his thoughts are, Ps. 14:1;53:1"There is no God."
5 His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, [Isa. 26:11] out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he Ps. 12:5puffs at them.
6 He ver. 11, 13says in his heart, "I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I [Rev. 18:7]shall not meet adversity."
7 Cited Rom. 3:14His mouth is filled with cursing and Ps. 36:3deceit and Ps. 55:11;72:14oppression;
Job 20:12;[Ps. 140:3;Song 4:11] under his tongue are Ps. 7:14mischief and Ps. 5:5;6:8iniquity.
8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in Ps. 17:12;64:4;[Hab. 3:14]hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like Ps. 17:12a lion in his Job 38:40thicket;
he Ps. 59:3;Mic. 7:2lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his Ps. 9:15net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten,
he has [Ps. 73:11]; Job 22:13hidden his face, he Ps. 94:7;Ezek. 8:12;9:9;[Zeph. 1:12]will never see it."
12 See Ps. 3:7Arise, O Lord; O God, Mic. 5:9lift up your hand;
Ps. 9:12,18forget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked ver. 3renounce God
and say in his heart, "You will not Ps. 9:12call to account"?
14 But you do see, for you Ps. 33:13note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless 2 Tim. 1:12;1 Pet. 4:19commits himself;
you have been Ps. 68:5;146:9;Hos. 14:3the helper of the fatherless.
15 See Ps. 37:17Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
[Ps. 37:36;Isa. 41:12]call his wickedness to account till you find none.
16 Ps. 29:10;Ex. 15:18;Jer. 10:10;Lam. 5:19;Dan. 4:34;6:26;1 Tim. 1:17;Rev. 11:15The Lord is king forever and ever;
the Deut. 8:20nations perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will 1 Chr. 29:18strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to Ps. 82:3;[Isa. 1:17;11:4] do justice to the fatherless and Ps. 9:9;74:21the oppressed,
so that Ps. 9:19,20;17:14man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.