1 Why do you stand, LORD, so far away, 2The wicked, in their pride, are pursuing the helpless: 3For the wicked boast of their wanton greed; 4in wicked pride, thinks: 5Never a season that they do not prosper; 6Each says in their heart, 7Their mouths are full of deceit and oppression: 8Lying in secret in some village ambush, 9Like a lion lurks in a secret lair 10Their victims are crushed, sink down to the ground. 11In their hearts the wicked say 12Arise, LORD, lift up your hand, 13Why do the wicked treat God with contempt, 14You have seen the trouble and sorrow; 15Break the arm of the wicked and evil: 16The LORD is king forever and ever: 17LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble, 18rights you have won for the crushed and the orphan,