Psalms 10
1 Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
2 The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.
4 The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!
The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:
5 His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.
6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.
For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.
7 His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow.
8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
He sitteth in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent.
9 He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.
10 He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.
11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].
For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.
12 Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.
Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.
14 Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.
16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.
The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.
17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,
The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.
18 To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.
To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.
