The wicked say to themselves, "God will never notice; he covers his face and never sees." (NIV)
[The foe] thinks in his heart, God has quite forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see [my deed]. (AMP)
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. (KJV)
Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. (NIV)
Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand; forget not the humble [patient and crushed]. (AMP)
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. (KJV)
But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. (NIV)
You have seen it; yes, You note trouble and grief (vexation) to requite it with Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. (AMP)
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. (KJV)
You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry (NIV)
O Lord, You have heard the desire and the longing of the humble and oppressed; You will prepare and strengthen and direct their hearts, You will cause Your ear to hear (AMP)
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: (KJV)
The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land. (NIV)
The Lord is King forever and ever; the nations will perish out of His land. (AMP)
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. (KJV)
Defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror. (NIV)
To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, may not terrify them any more. (AMP)
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. (KJV)
Why do the wicked revile God? Why do they say to themselves, "He won't call us to account"? (NIV)
Why does the wicked [man] condemn (spurn and renounce) God? Why has he thought in his heart, You will not call to account? (AMP)
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. (KJV)
Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? (NIV)
WHY DO You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide Yourself, [veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble (distress and desperation)? (AMP)
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? (KJV)
In their pride the wicked do not seek him; in all their thoughts there is no room for God. (NIV)
The wicked one in the pride of his countenance will not seek, inquire for, and yearn for God; all his thoughts are that there is no God [so He never punishes]. (AMP)
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. (KJV)
Break the arms of the wicked and the evildoers; call them to account for their wickedness that would not otherwise be found out. (NIV)
Break the arm of the wicked man; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness until You find no more. (AMP)
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. (KJV)
Sign up for an inspiring Bible passage, free to your inbox, every week.
We will never share your email details with anyone else.