Psalms 10
1 Why stand you afar off, O Lord? [why] do you overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?
| למה יהוה תעמד ברחוק תעלים לעתות בצרה |
2 While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.
| בגאות רשע ידלק עני יתפשו במזמות זו חשבו |
3 Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.
| כי-הלל רשע על-תאות נפשו ובצע ברך נאץ יהוה |
4 The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.
| רשע--כגבה אפו בל-ידרש אין אלהים כל-מזמותיו |
5 His ways are profane at all times; your judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.
| יחילו דרכו בכל-עת--מרום משפטיך מנגדו כל-צורריו יפיח בהם |
6 For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.
| אמר בלבו בל-אמוט לדר ודר אשר לא-ברע |
7 Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.
| אלה פיהו מלא--ומרמות ותך תחת לשונו עמל ואון |
8 He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to kill the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.
| ישב במארב חצרים--במסתרים יהרג נקי עיניו לחלכה יצפנו |
9 He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare.
| יארב במסתר כאריה בסכה-- יארב לחטוף עני יחטף עני במשכו ברשתו |
10 He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.
| ודכה (ידכה) ישח ונפל בעצומיו חלכאים (חל כאים) |
11 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.
| אמר בלבו שכח אל הסתיר פניו בל-ראה לנצח |
12 Arise, O Lord God; let your hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.
| קומה יהוה--אל נשא ידך אל-תשכח עניים (ענוים) |
13 Therefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].
| על-מה נאץ רשע אלהים אמר בלבו לא תדרש |
14 You see [it]; for you do observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into your hands: the poor has been left to you; you were a helper to the orphan.
| ראתה כי-אתה עמל וכעס תביט-- לתת בידך עליך יעזב חלכה יתום אתה היית עוזר |
15 Break you the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.
| שבר זרוע רשע ורע תדרוש-רשעו בל-תמצא |
16 The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: you Gentiles shall perish out his land.
| יהוה מלך עולם ועד אבדו גוים מארצו |
17 The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;
| תאות ענוים שמעת יהוה תכין לבם תקשיב אזנך |
18 to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.
| לשפט יתום ודך בל-יוסיף עוד--לערץ אנוש מן-הארץ |
