The Perils of the Pilgrim
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Psa 22:1Psa 27:9Psa 13:1-3Jer 14:8Job 13:24Psa 44:24Psa 46:1Psa 30:7
Why do You hide in times of trouble?
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; Psa 59:12Psa 36:11Psa 7:16Pro 5:22Psa 31:18Psa 119:122Isa 10:12-13Psa 140:5
let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; Psa 94:4Luk 12:19Zec 11:5-8Mic 6:10-12Deu 29:19Exo 15:9Isa 37:23Job 31:24
he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; Psa 14:1-2Rom 1:28Act 8:22Gen 6:5Deu 8:14Rom 1:21Exo 5:2Isa 65:2
in all his schemes there is no God.
He is secure in his ways at all times; Isa 26:11Hos 14:9Psa 12:5Psa 92:5-61Ki 20:10-111Ki 20:132Sa 5:6Hos 9:9
Your lofty judgments are far from him;
he sneers at all his foes.
He says to himself, “I will not be moved; Ecc 8:11Isa 56:12Mat 24:481Th 5:3Nam 1:10Psa 11:1Psa 15:5Rev 18:7
from age to age I am free of distress.”
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, 1 and violence; Psa 7:14Psa 140:9Psa 140:3Psa 59:12Psa 64:3Jas 3:6-8Jer 9:3Job 20:12
trouble and malice are under his tongue.
He lies in wait near the villages; Hab 3:141Sa 22:18Jer 22:171Sa 23:232Ki 21:16Luk 8:1Pro 1:11-12Pro 6:12-13
in ambush he slays the innocent;
his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; Psa 17:12Psa 59:3Mic 7:2Psa 35:10Amo 2:6-7Amo 3:4Amo 5:11-12Ezk 22:29
he lurks to seize the oppressed;
he catches the lowly in his net.
They are crushed and beaten down; 2 1Sa 18:21-261Sa 23:21-221Sa 2:362Sa 15:5
the hapless fall prey to his strength.
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; Ezk 8:12Psa 94:7Psa 10:6Psa 73:11Ecc 8:11Ezk 9:9Psa 64:5Job 22:13-14
He hides His face and never sees.”
Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Mic 5:9Psa 9:12Psa 94:2Isa 33:10Psa 17:7Isa 26:11Psa 3:7Psa 7:6
Do not forget the helpless.
Why has the wicked man renounced God? Luk 10:161Th 4:82Ch 24:222Sa 12:9-10Num 11:20Psa 74:10Psa 74:18Gen 42:22
He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
But You have regarded trouble and grief; Psa 68:5Psa 146:9Psa 55:22Deu 10:181Pe 4:19Hos 14:3Jer 49:111Pe 5:7
You see to repay it by Your hand.
The victim entrusts himself to You;
You are the helper of the fatherless.
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; Job 38:15Psa 37:17Zep 1:12Psa 7:9Ezk 30:21-22Jer 2:34Zec 11:17Ezk 23:48
call him to account for his wickedness
until none is left to be found.
The LORD is King forever and ever; Jer 10:10Psa 29:101Ti 1:17Dan 4:34Dan 6:26Deu 8:20Psa 145:131Ti 6:15-16
the nations perish from His land.
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; Psa 145:192Ch 34:27Psa 34:151Pe 3:12Isa 65:24Psa 37:41Ch 29:182Ch 33:12-13
You will strengthen their hearts.
You will incline Your ear,
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, Psa 9:9Psa 82:3Isa 11:41Co 15:47-48Luk 18:7-8Psa 17:14Luk 16:25Php 3:18-19
that the men of the earth
may strike terror no more.