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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 10, Verse 13

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Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
King James Version
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
American Standard Version
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it] ?
New English Translation
Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself,“You will not hold me accountable.”
World English Bible
Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"
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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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Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
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The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
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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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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?
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For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
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If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
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The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
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The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.