1. Unto the end. A psalm for David.
2. In the Lord I put my trust: how then do You say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow?
3. For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; They have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
4. For they have destroyed the things which Thou hast made: but what has the just man done?
5. The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.
6. The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but He that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul.
7. He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup.
8. For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: His countenance hath beheld righteousness.
2. In the Lord I put my trust: how then do You say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow?
3. For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; They have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
4. For they have destroyed the things which Thou hast made: but what has the just man done?
5. The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.
6. The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but He that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul.
7. He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup.
8. For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: His countenance hath beheld righteousness.
9. He lies in wait in the covered place, like a lion in his lair;
he lies in wait to seize the poor,
he catches the poor, drawing him into his net.
10. He crouches, he stoops,
and the wretched fall into his claws.
11. He says in his heart: “God has forgotten!
He has hidden His face; He will never see anything.”
12. Arise, Yahweh; O God, lift Thy hand!
Forget not the afflicted.
13. Why does the wicked man despise God?
Why does he say in his heart: “Thou dost not punish”?
14. Yet Thou hast seen; for Thou regardest trouble and sorrow,
to take their cause in hand.
To Thee the wretched man commits himself;
Thou art the helper of the orphan.
15. Break the arm of the wicked man;
as for the impious, — if Thou seekest out his crime, wilt Thou not find it?
16. Yahweh is King for ever and ever;
the nations shall be exterminated from His land.
he lies in wait to seize the poor,
he catches the poor, drawing him into his net.
10. He crouches, he stoops,
and the wretched fall into his claws.
11. He says in his heart: “God has forgotten!
He has hidden His face; He will never see anything.”
12. Arise, Yahweh; O God, lift Thy hand!
Forget not the afflicted.
13. Why does the wicked man despise God?
Why does he say in his heart: “Thou dost not punish”?
14. Yet Thou hast seen; for Thou regardest trouble and sorrow,
to take their cause in hand.
To Thee the wretched man commits himself;
Thou art the helper of the orphan.
15. Break the arm of the wicked man;
as for the impious, — if Thou seekest out his crime, wilt Thou not find it?
16. Yahweh is King for ever and ever;
the nations shall be exterminated from His land.
17. Thou hast heard the desire of the afflicted, Yahweh;
Thou strengthenest their heart, Thou inclinest Thine ear,
18. to do justice to the orphan and the oppressed,
that man, sprung from the earth, may cease to inspire terror.
Thou strengthenest their heart, Thou inclinest Thine ear,
18. to do justice to the orphan and the oppressed,
that man, sprung from the earth, may cease to inspire terror.