14. But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;you consider their grief and take it in hand.The victims commit themselves to you;you are the helper of the fatherless.
15. Break the arm of the wicked man;call the evildoer to account for his wickednessthat would not otherwise be found out.
16. The Lord is King for ever and ever;the nations will perish from his land.
17. You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
18. defending the fatherless and the oppressed,so that mere earthly mortalswill never again strike terror.