Psalms 10

1 Why do thou stand afar off, O Jehovah? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

Why stand you afar off, O Lord? [why] do you overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?

2 In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

3 For the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, yea, despises Jehovah.

Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

4 The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, says, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.

5 His ways are profane at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffs at them.

His ways are profane at all times; your judgements are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

6 He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

8 He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man.

He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to kill the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lies in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net.

He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare.

10 He crouches, he bows down, and helpless men fall by his strong men.

He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

11 He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.

For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.

12 Arise, O Jehovah, O God, lift up thy hand. Do not forget the poor.

Arise, O Lord God; let your hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

13 Why does the wicked man despise God, and say in his heart, Thou will not require it?

Therefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].

14 Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits himself to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.

You see [it]; for you do observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into your hands: the poor has been left to you; you were a helper to the orphan.

15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and the evil man. His wickedness shall be sought, and shall not be found.

Break you the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

16 Jehovah is King forever and ever. The nations have perished out of his land.

The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: you Gentiles shall perish out his land.

17 Jehovah, thou have heard the desire of the humble. Thou will prepare their heart, thou will cause thine ear to hear,

The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may no more be terrible.

to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.