His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?

For him that is fainting kindness is meet from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:

Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?

Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?

How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,

I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and all refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope shall be the breathing out of life.

Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what will!

Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee.

Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:

Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;

For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt them.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.

He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.

And if after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;

If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of +God upon them.

And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!

Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?

Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.

For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.

This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: --

He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants of the earth: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.

For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.

And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;

They are driven forth from among men they cry after them as after a thief --

They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my face.

The night pierceth through my bones and detacheth them from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest:

For what would have been my portion of +God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother's womb;)

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.

That he may withdraw man from his work, and hide pride from man.

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.

His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;

Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be wickedness from God, and wrong from the Almighty!

Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways;

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.

And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,

Hear attentively the roar of his voice, and the murmur going forth from his mouth.

From the chamber of the south cometh the whirlwind; and cold from the winds of the north.

From the north cometh gold; with +God is terrible majesty.

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!

{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!

With my voice will I call to Jehovah, and he will answer me from the hill of his holiness. Selah.

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;

Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

{To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent man.

Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;

From men who are thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in this life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their children.

I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.

From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.

He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.