The Bible
לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תַּעֲמֹ֣ד בְּרָח֑וֹק תַּ֝עְלִ֗ים לְעִתּ֥וֹת בַּצָּרָֽה׃
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע יִדְלַ֣ק עָנִ֑י יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ ׀ בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹת ז֣וּ חָשָֽׁבוּ׃
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
כִּֽי־הִלֵּ֣ל רָ֭שָׁע עַל־תַּאֲוַ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּבֹצֵ֥עַ בֵּ֝רֵ֗ךְ נִ֘אֵ֥ץ ׀ יְהוָֽה׃
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
רָשָׁ֗ע כְּגֹ֣בַהּ אַ֭פּוֹ בַּל־יִדְרֹ֑שׁ אֵ֥ין אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים כָּל־מְזִמּוֹתָֽיו׃
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
יָ֘חִ֤ילוּ (דרכו) [דְרָכָ֨יו] ׀ בְּכָל־עֵ֗ת מָר֣וֹם מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ מִנֶּגְדּ֑וֹ כָּל־צ֝וֹרְרָ֗יו יָפִ֥יחַ בָּהֶֽם׃
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
אָמַ֣ר בְּ֭לִבּוֹ בַּל־אֶמּ֑וֹט לְדֹ֥ר וָ֝דֹ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־בְרָֽע׃
He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
אָלָ֤ה פִּ֣יהוּ מָ֭לֵא וּמִרְמ֣וֹת וָתֹ֑ךְ תַּ֥חַת לְ֝שׁוֹנ֗וֹ עָמָ֥ל וָאָֽוֶן׃
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
יֵשֵׁ֤ב ׀ בְּמַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹ֣ג נָקִ֑י עֵ֝ינָ֗יו לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
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.
יֶאֱרֹ֬ב בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר ׀ כְּאַרְיֵ֬ה בְסֻכֹּ֗ה יֶ֭אֱרֹב לַחֲט֣וֹף עָנִ֑י יַחְטֹ֥ף עָ֝נִ֗י בְּמָשְׁכ֥וֹ בְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
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.
(ודכה) [יִדְכֶּ֥ה] יָשֹׁ֑חַ וְנָפַ֥ל בַּ֝עֲצוּמָ֗יו (חלכאים) [חֵ֣יל כָּאִֽים] ׃
They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
אָמַ֣ר בְּ֭לִבּוֹ שָׁ֣כַֽח אֵ֑ל הִסְתִּ֥יר פָּ֝נָ֗יו בַּל־רָאָ֥ה לָנֶֽצַח׃
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
קוּמָ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֭ל נְשָׂ֣א יָדֶ֑ךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח (עניים) [עֲנָוִֽים] ׃
Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
עַל־מֶ֤ה ׀ נִאֵ֖ץ רָשָׁ֥ע ׀ אֱלֹהִ֑ים אָמַ֥ר בְּ֝לִבּ֗וֹ לֹ֣א תִּדְרֹֽשׁ׃
Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
רָאִ֡תָה כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤ה ׀ עָ֘מָ֤ל וָכַ֨עַס ׀ תַּבִּיט֮ לָתֵ֪ת בְּיָ֫דֶ֥ךָ עָ֭לֶיךָ יַעֲזֹ֣ב חֵלֶ֑כָה יָ֝ת֗וֹם אַתָּ֤ה ׀ הָיִ֬יתָ עוֹזֵֽר׃
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
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.
שְׁ֭בֹר זְר֣וֹעַ רָשָׁ֑ע וָ֝רָ֗ע תִּֽדְרוֹשׁ־רִשְׁע֥וֹ בַל־תִּמְצָֽא׃
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
יְהוָ֣ה מֶ֭לֶךְ עוֹלָ֣ם וָעֶ֑ד אָבְד֥וּ ג֝וֹיִ֗ם מֵֽאַרְצֽוֹ׃
The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
תַּאֲוַ֬ת עֲנָוִ֣ים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ יְהוָ֑ה תָּכִ֥ין לִ֝בָּ֗ם תַּקְשִׁ֥יב אָזְנֶֽךָ׃
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
לִשְׁפֹּ֥ט יָת֗וֹם וָ֫דָ֥ךְ בַּל־יוֹסִ֥יף ע֑וֹד לַעֲרֹ֥ץ אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.