10 (H2). THE MAN OF THE EARTH. (PARTICULAR.) (Introversion and Alterations.)
| H2 | F | 1 | Appeal to Jehovah. | |||
| 1. Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? | ||||||
| G | I | 2-5 | The lawless one, His acts. | |||
| 2. The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. | ||||||
| 3. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. | ||||||
| 4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. | ||||||
| 5. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. | ||||||
| J | 6 | His thoughts (concerning himself.) | ||||
| 6. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. | ||||||
| G | I | 7-10 | The lawless one. His acts. | |||
| 7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. | ||||||
| 8. 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. | ||||||
| 9. 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. | ||||||
| 10. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. | ||||||
| J | 11 | His thoughts (concerning God.) | ||||
| 11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. | ||||||
| F | 12-18 | Appeal to Jehovah. | ||||
| 12. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. | ||||||
| 13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. | ||||||
| 14. 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. | ||||||
| 15. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. | ||||||
| 16. The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. | ||||||
| 17. LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: | ||||||
| 18. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. |
7-10 (I, above). THE LAWLESS ONE. ACTS. (Alternation.)
| I | p | 7 | His mouth and tongue. | |
| 7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. | ||||
| q | 8∼ | Comparison to beast of prey. | ||
| 8∼. He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: | ||||
| p | ∼8 | His eyes. | ||
| ∼8. his eyes are privily set against the poor. | ||||
| q | 9,10 | Comparison to beast of prey. | ||
| 9. 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. | ||||
| 10. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. |