R (12b) Do not forget the poor, O Lord!
Why, O Lord, do you stand aloof?
Why hide in times of distress?
Proudly the wicked harass the afflicted,
who are caught in the devices the wicked
have contrived. R
For the wicked man glories in his greed,
and the covetous blasphemes, sets the Lord at nought.
The wicked man boasts, “He will not avenge it”;
“There is no God,” sums up his thoughts. R
His mouth is full of cursing, guile and deceit;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
He lurks in ambush near the villages;
in hiding he murders the innocent;
his eyes spy upon the unfortunate. R
You do see, for you behold misery and sorrow,
taking them in your hands.
On you the unfortunate man depends;
of the fatherless you are the helper. R
Alleluia, alleluia. God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,/ and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Alleluia, alleluia.
- He warned them not to make him known to fulfill what had been spoken. l
