Psalms 10
1 Why standest thou farre off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, euen in affliction?
WHY standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
4 The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5 His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murder the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
9 He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10 He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 Arise, O Lord God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13 Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 The Lord is King for euer and euer: the heathen are destroyed foorth of his land.
The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
