Psalms 10
1 Why, YHWH, do You stand at a distance? Do You hide in times of adversity?
Why do thou stand afar off, O Jehovah? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?
2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in schemes that they devised.
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 Because the wicked has boasted Of the desire of his soul, And he has blessed a dishonest gainer, He has despised YHWH.
For the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, yea, despises Jehovah.
4 The wicked does not inquire according to the height of his face. “There is no God!” [are] all his schemes.
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 writhe at all times, Your judgments [are] on high before him, All his adversaries—he puffs 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 has said in his heart, “I am not moved, [And am] not in calamity to generation and generation.”
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 oaths, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8 He sits in an ambush of the villages, He slays the innocent in secret places. His eyes secretly watch for the afflicted,
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 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.
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 is bruised—he bows down, The afflicted has fallen by his mighty ones.
He crouches, he bows down, and helpless men fall by his strong men.
11 He said in his heart, “God has forgotten, He has hid His face, He has never seen.”
He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.
12 Arise, O YHWH! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.
Arise, O Jehovah, O God, lift up thy hand. Do not forget the poor.
13 Why has the wicked despised God? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”
Why does the wicked man despise God, and say in his heart, Thou will not require it?
14 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.
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 the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
Break thou the arm of the sinner and the evil man. His wickedness shall be sought, and shall not be found.
16 YHWH [is] King for all time and forever, The nations have perished out of His land!
Jehovah is King forever and ever. The nations have perished out of his land.
17 You have heard the desire of the humble, O YHWH. You prepare their heart; You cause Your ear to attend,
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 bruised: He adds no more to oppress—man of the earth!
to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may no more be terrible.
