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.