9a:1. Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
9a:2. Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
9a:3. For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.
9a:4. The sinner hath provoked the Lord, according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him:
9a:5. God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed form his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.
9a:6. For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.
9a:7. His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow.
9a:8. He sitteth in ambush with the rich, in private places, that he may kill the innocent.
9a:9. His eyes are upon the poor man: he lieth in wait, in secret, like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush, that he may catch the poor man: so catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.
9a:10. In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.