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| 1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? |
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| 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. |
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| 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. |
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| 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. |
Not In all his thoughts – Their minds are distracted, turned to unworthy and ignoble subjects that have a more and more degrading influence upon them. R3893:2
God's Word is neglected by scientists; hence the proper foundation for reasoning and judgment along geological lines, for example, is lacking. R4825:5
Just as Israel failed to think of the Lord's will in their affairs. R4277:1
Although the nations of Europe style themselves Christian nations, not one of them manifests any faith in God. R5754:3
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| 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. |
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| 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. |
In adversity – Rendered "evil" in "I create evil." (Isa. 45:7) A125
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| 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. |
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| 8 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 poor. |
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| 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. |
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| 10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. |
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| 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. |
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| 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. |
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| 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. |
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| 14 Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. |
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| 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. |
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| 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. |
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| 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: |
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| 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. |
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