2. The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
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3. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
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4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
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5. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
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8. 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 poor.
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9. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
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14. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
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17. LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
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