28 Heb “he says in his heart.” See v. 6.
29 Heb “God forgets, he hides his face, he never sees.”
30 Rise up, O Lord! The psalmist’s mood changes from lament to petition and confidence.
31 Heb “lift up your hand.” Usually the expression “lifting the hand” refers to praying (Pss 28:2; 134:2) or making an oath (Ps 106:26), but here it probably refers to “striking a blow” (see 2 Sam 18:28; 20:21). Note v. 15, where the psalmist asks the Lord to “break the arm of the wicked.” A less likely option is that the psalmist is requesting that the Lord declare by oath his intention to intervene.
32 The rhetorical question expresses the psalmist’s outrage that the wicked would have the audacity to disdain God.
33 Heb “he says in his heart” (see vv. 6, 11). Another option is to understand an ellipsis of the interrogative particle here (cf. the preceding line), “Why does he say in his heart?”
34 Here the wicked man addresses God directly.
35 Heb “you will not seek.” The verb דָרַשׁ (darash, “seek”) is used here in the sense of “seek an accounting.” One could understand the imperfect as generalizing about what is typical and translate, “you do not hold [people] accountable.”

In other versions

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,

he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;

forget not the afflicted.

Why does the wicked renounce God

and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?

He says to himself, “God will never notice;

he covers his face and never sees.”

Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God.

Do not forget the helpless.

Why does the wicked man revile God?

Why does he say to himself,

“He won’t call me to account”?

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;

he hides his face and will never see.”

Rise up, Lord God! Lift up your hand.

Do not forget the oppressed.

Why has the wicked person despised God?

He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us!

He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”

Arise, O Lord!

Punish the wicked, O God!

Do not ignore the helpless!

Why do the wicked get away with despising God?

They think, “God will never call us to account.”

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten.

He has hidden his face.

He never sees.”

Rise up, O Yahweh;

O God, lift up your hand.

Do not forget the afflicted.

Why does the wicked treat God with contempt?

He says in his heart, “You will not call me to account.”

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:

He hideth his face; he will never see it.

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand:

Forget not the humble.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God?

He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

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