Why standest Thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?

Why, O L rd, do You stand at a distance? Why do You hide [Your eyes] to times of affliction?

The wicked in his pride hotly pursues the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The evil-doer, in his pride, pursued the poor. They [the poor] are seized in the plots that they [the wicked] contrived.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, and the greedy wretch curses and renounces the Lord.

["Why, O L rd, do You stand at a distance?"] For [now that You do,] the evil-doer vaunts himself [in having attained all] the lust of his soul, and the robber blesses [himself, saying that] he has despised the L rd [and will not be held accountable for it].

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance thinks, He will not seek out: all his thoughts are, God is not.

The evil-doer, in the height of his vanity, [says to himself:] He [the L rd] will not inquire [into my deeds]. All of his thoughts are: There is no Judge.

His ways are always strong; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he hisses at them.

His ways prosper at all times. Your judgments [i.e., afflictions] are removed from him. All of his enemies — he whiffs them away.

He says in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

He says in his heart: I will never fall. In all [of my] generations, evil will not [befall me].

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

His mouth is full of [false] oaths, deceit, and guile. Vanity and wickedness is beneath his tongue.

He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

He sits in the ambush of the courtyard and kills the clean one in concealment. His [Esav's] eyes lurk against Your host [Israel].

He lies in wait secretly like a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he catches the poor, when he draws him into his net.

He lurks in concealment as a lion in his lair. He lurks to snatch the poor one. He snatches the poor one, pulling him into his net.

The helpless collapse: they bow down, and fall into his power.

He crouches, he bends low, and there fall by his winks the host of the broken.

He says in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it.

He says in his heart that G d has forgotten, that He has concealed His countenance, [and that] He never sees.

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Thy hand: forget not the humble.

Arise, O L rd, G d, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the humble.

Why does the wicked man renounce God? he says in his heart, Thou wilt not avenge.

Why does the evil-doer despise G d in his heart? [Because] he says in his heart that You do not seek out [his deeds].

Thou hast seen it; for Thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with Thy hand: the helpless man commits himself to Thee; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.

[But] You have seen [his deeds (and yet do not [immediately] retaliate)]. For [it is Your way] to look on at the wrong and the wrath [of the evil-doers] and to give [them power] with Your [own] hand [to prosper in their wickedness]. Your host [Israel] leaves [the burden of punishment] to You, [knowing that] You have [always] aided the orphan.

Break Thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till Thou find none left.

Break the arm of the wicked [Esav], and when You inquire after his [Israel's] evil, You will not find (it) [i.e., When the evil-doers of Israel see that the wicked of Esav are broken, they will leave off doing evil.]

The Lord is King for ever and ever: the nations are perished out of his land.

The L rd will be King forever, [after] the nations go lost from His land.

Lord, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt strengthen their heart, Thou wilt cause Thy ear to hear:

The desire of the humble You have heard, O L rd; ready their hearts, let Your ears listen [to their prayers].

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, so that none shall any longer terrify innocent men from the earth.

To execute judgment on behalf of the orphan and the broken [i.e., Israel], so that he [Yishmael and Esav] no longer break the afflicted from the earth.