Psalms 10
1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?
Why do thou stand afar off, O Jehovah? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
For the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, yea, despises Jehovah.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God: ] God [is] not in all his thoughts.
The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, says, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
His ways are profane at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffs at them.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.
He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8 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.
He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man.
9 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.
He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lies in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net.
10 He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
He crouches, he bows down, and helpless men fall by his strong men.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Arise, O Jehovah, O God, lift up thy hand. Do not forget the poor.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
Why does the wicked man despise God, and say in his heart, Thou will not require it?
14 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.
Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits himself to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man: ] seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
Break thou the arm of the sinner and the evil man. His wickedness shall be sought, and shall not be found.
16 The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
Jehovah is King forever and ever. The nations have perished out of his land.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Jehovah, thou have heard the desire of the humble. Thou will prepare their heart, thou will cause thine ear to hear,
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may no more be terrible.
