^{8 Ref} He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

^{9 Ref} He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

^{10 Ref} He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

^{11 Ref} He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.

^{12 Ref} Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

^{13 Ref} Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require `it'?

^{14 Ref} Thou hast seen `it'; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth `himself' unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

^{15 Ref} Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

^{16 Ref} Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.

^{17 Ref} Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

^{18 Ref} To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more. Psalm 11 For the Chief Musician. `A Psalm' of David.