Why do You seem so far in trouble? Why does the violent hide in pride? He hunts the poor with plans of cruelty And boasts that judgment will not arrive. His mouth is full of fraud and cursing. He waits like a lion for the weak. He says within his heart, “God has forgotten; No eye will see, no hand will ever seek.” Arise, O Lord, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the lowly. You see the grief, You mark the violence; The fatherless commit themselves to You. Break the power of the wicked. Call every hidden evil into light. The Lord is King forever and forever; No tyrant owns the final right. Arise for the humble and the helpless. Prepare their hearts and hear their cry. Judge the oppressor, guard the orphan, Till terror leaves the land behind.