13. Why does the wicked [man] condemn (spurn and renounce) God? Why has he thought in his heart, You will not call to account?
14. You have seen it; yes, You note trouble and grief (vexation) to requite it with Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
15. Break the arm of the wicked man; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness until You find no more.
16. The Lord is King forever and ever; the nations will perish out of His land.
17. O Lord, You have heard the desire and the longing of the humble and oppressed; You will prepare and strengthen and direct their hearts, You will cause Your ear to hear,
18. To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, may not terrify them any more.