Psalms 10

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

Why, YHWH, do You stand at a distance? Do You hide in times of adversity?

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

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in schemes that they devised.

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

Because the wicked has boasted Of the desire of his soul, And he has blessed a dishonest gainer, He has despised YHWH.

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

The wicked does not inquire according to the height of his face. “There is no God!” [are] all his schemes.

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 ways writhe at all times, Your judgments [are] on high before him, All his adversaries—he puffs at them.

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

He has said in his heart, “I am not moved, [And am] not in calamity to generation and generation.”

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

His mouth is full of oaths, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,

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 sits in an ambush of the villages, He slays the innocent in secret places. His eyes secretly watch for the afflicted,

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 lies in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lies in wait to catch the poor, He catches the poor, drawing him into his net.

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

He is bruised—he bows down, The afflicted has fallen by his mighty ones.

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

He said in his heart, “God has forgotten, He has hid His face, He has never seen.”

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

Arise, O YHWH! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.

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

Why has the wicked despised God? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”

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.

You have seen, For You behold perverseness and anger; By giving into Your hand, The afflicted leave [it] on You, You have been a helper of the fatherless.

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

Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

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

YHWH [is] King for all time and forever, The nations have perished out 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;

You have heard the desire of the humble, O YHWH. You prepare their heart; You cause Your ear to attend,

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

To judge the fatherless and bruised: He adds no more to oppress—man of the earth!