⁸ He lies in wait^(A) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.^(B)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
⁹     like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;^(C)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.^(D)
10 His victims are crushed,^(E) they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.
¹¹ He says to himself, “God will never notice;^(F)
    he covers his face and never sees.”^(G)

¹² Arise,^(H) Lord! Lift up your hand,^(I) O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.^(J)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?^(K)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?^(L)
14 But you, God, see the trouble^(M) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;^(N)
    you are the helper^(O) of the fatherless.
¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked man;^(P)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

¹⁶ The Lord is King for ever and ever;^(Q)
    the nations^(R) will perish from his land.
¹⁷ You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;^(S)
    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,^(T)
18 defending the fatherless^(U) and the oppressed,^(V)
    so that mere earthly mortals
    will never again strike terror.