Psalms 10
1 Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
3 For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' [are] all his devices.
5 He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.
6 He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.
7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
8 He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,
9 He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
10 They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.
He is bruised — he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
11 He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
12 Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.
13 Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'
14 But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
16 The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,
18 to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress — man of the earth!
