Psalms 10
1 Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
Why do you stand, Lord, so far away, hiding yourself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
The wicked, in their pride, are pursuing the helpless: let them be caught in the schemes they have plotted.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
For the wicked boasts of their wanton greed; the robber despises the Lord, and curses him,
4 The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!
in wicked pride, thinks: God doesn’t care, God doesn’t call to account.
5 His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
Never a season that they do not prosper; your judgments are far above out of their sight: they scoff at their foes.
6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.
Each says in their heart, ‘I will never be shaken; I will live for all time untouched by misfortune.’
7 His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Their mouths are full of deceit and oppression: under their tongues lurks mischief and wrong.
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.
Lying in secret in some village ambush, and stealthily watching, they murder 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.
Like a lion that lurks in a secret lair they lurk intending to catch the defenceless; to seize them, to drag them away in their net.
10 He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
Their victims are crushed, sink down to the ground. Under their claws the hapless fall.
11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].
The wicked say in their hearts that God has forgotten, has hidden his face, will see nothing.
12 Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.
Arise, Lord, lift up your hand, do not forget the cry of the wretched.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
Why do the wicked treat God with contempt, and say in their hearts, ‘God doesn’t care’?
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.
You have seen the trouble and sorrow; you mark it all, and will take it in hand. The hapless can count on you, helper of orphans.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
Break the arm of the wicked and evil: search out their sin, till no more be found.
16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.
The Lord is king forever and ever: the nations will vanish from his land.
17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,
Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble, inclining your ear, strengthening their hearts,
18 To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.
rights you have won for the crushed and the orphan, so no one on earth may strike terror again.
