Psalms 10

1 Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?

Why standest thou farre off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, euen in affliction?

2 Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.

For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.

4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith: 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'

The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.

5 His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.

6 He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'

He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.

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 deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murder the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.

9 He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.

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.

10 He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.

He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.

11 He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.

Arise, O Lord God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?

Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.

14 Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

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.

15 Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.

16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations are perished out of His land.

The Lord is King for euer and euer: the heathen are destroyed foorth of his land.

17 LORD, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,

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

To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.