From Psalms: Layer by Layer
| verse | "1" |
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| cbc | "YHWH, why do you stand at a distance? [Why] do you hide your eyes during troubling times?" |
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| verse | "2" |
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| cbc | "The wicked pursue the afflicted in pride; May they be caught in plans that they have devised!" |
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| verse | "3" |
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| cbc | "For, the wicked has boasted about his soul’s cravings; whoever has blessed the one who works for unjust gain has treated YHWH with contempt." |
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| verse | "4" |
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| cbc | "In a way that suits his pride, the wicked does not seek All his plans are, "There is no God."" |
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| verse | "5" |
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| cbc | "His ways persist every time; Your rulings are far away from him—on high! All of his foes—he jeers at them." |
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| verse | "6" |
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| cbc | "He has said to himself, "Throughout all generations in which there is no trouble, I will not be shaken."" |
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| verse | "7" |
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| cbc | "His mouth is full of curses, deceit and oppression; hardship and destruction are underneath his tongue." |
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| verse | "8" |
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| cbc | "He sits in villages' ambush places; he murders the innocent in the hiding places; his eyes spy for the wretch." |
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| verse | "9" |
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| cbc | "He lurks in the hiding place, like a lion in its den. He lurks in order to seize the afflicted he seizes the afflicted by drawing his net across." |
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| verse | "10" |
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| cbc | "He stoops, he crouches, and the wretches fall by his powerful claws." |
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| verse | "11" |
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| cbc | "He has said to himself, “God has been ignoring; he has been hiding his face; he has never noticed.”" |
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| verse | "12" |
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| cbc | "Rise up, YHWH! Lift up your hand, God! Do not ignore the afflicted!" |
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| verse | "13" |
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| cbc | "Why has the wicked treated God with contempt? He has said to himself, “You will not require a reckoning.”" |
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| verse | "14" |
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| cbc | "You have noticed! For you see hardship and grief in order to place [them] into your care. The wretch leaves [them] with you. You have been one who helps the fatherless." |
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| verse | "15" |
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| cbc | "Break the arm of the one who is wicked and evil! May it seek its wickedness, but not find it." |
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| verse | "16" |
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| cbc | "YHWH is king forever. Nations perished from his land." |
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| verse | "17" |
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| cbc | "You have heard the desires of the afflicted, YHWH; you make their hearts confident; you make your ear attentive," |
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| verse | "18" |
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| cbc | "in order to execute justice for the fatherless and the oppressed, so that an earthly mortal will never terrify again." |
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