9:1 Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?

9:2 Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

9:3 For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.

9:4 The sinner hath provoked the Lord, according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him:

9:5 God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed form his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.

9:6 For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.

9:7 His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow.

9:8 He sitteth in ambush with the rich, in private places, that he may kill the innocent.

9:9 His eyes are upon the poor man: he lieth in wait, in secret, like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush, that he may catch the poor man: so catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

9:10 In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.

9:11 For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face, not to see to the end.

9:12 Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.

9:13 Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.

9:14 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

9:15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

9:16 The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.

9:17 The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.

9:18 To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.

9:19 For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.

9:20 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.

9:21 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.