1. Why standest Thou afar off, Hashem? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of tzoros?
2. The reshah in his ga'avah (haughtiness) doth persecute the ani (poor, see Zech 9:9 where ani is Moshiach); let them be caught in the devices that they have schemed.
3. For the reshah boasteth of his ta'avat nefesh (soul's lust), and blesseth the covetous, whom Hashem abhorreth.