Why do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth?

Their houses are prosperous, and safe from fear, neither is the rod of the Lord upon them.

But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in You, O Lord.

Righteous are You, O Lord, that I may make my defense to You: yet I will speak to You [of] judgments. Why [is it] that the way of the ungodly prospers? [And] all that deal very treacherously are flourishing?

You have planted them, and they have taken root; they have begotten children, and become fruitful; You are near to their mouth, but far from their mind.

then the Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of temptation and [how] to keep the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,

For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.

Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle.

I was the father of the helpless, and I searched out the cause which I knew not.

For He remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood; He has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.

You see [it]; for You observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into Your hands; the poor has been left to You; You are a helper to the orphan.

Break the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

He shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.

For He has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.

He shall redeem their souls from oppression and injustice, and their name [shall be] precious before Him.

A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst [of them] will judge gods.

Judge the orphan and poor; do justice to the low and needy.

Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy, neither dishonor the helpless man in the gates.

For the Lord will plead his cause, and you shall deliver your soul in safety.

but He shall judge the cause of the lowly, and shall reprove the lowly of the earth; and He shall smite the earth with the word of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He destroy the ungodly one.

You shall hurt no widow or orphan.

And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy ones.