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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 10, Verse 5

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The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
King James Version
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
American Standard Version
His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
New English Translation
He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.
World English Bible
His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
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He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.
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His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
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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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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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He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
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He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
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Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
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Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
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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.