Psalms 10
1 Why, YHWH, do You stand at a distance? Do You hide in times of adversity?
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in schemes that they devised.
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
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 in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
4 The wicked does not inquire according to the height of his face. “There is no God!” [are] all his schemes.
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes 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.
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
6 He has said in his heart, “I am not moved, [And am] not in calamity to generation and generation.”
He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
7 His mouth is full of oaths, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
8 He sits in an ambush of the villages, He slays the innocent in secret places. His eyes secretly watch for the afflicted,
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
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 lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
10 He is bruised—he bows down, The afflicted has fallen by his mighty ones.
They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.
11 He said in his heart, “God has forgotten, He has hid His face, He has never seen.”
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
12 Arise, O YHWH! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.
Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
13 Why has the wicked despised God? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”
Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
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.
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
16 YHWH [is] King for all time and forever, The nations have perished out of His land!
The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
17 You have heard the desire of the humble, O YHWH. You prepare their heart; You cause Your ear to attend,
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
18 To judge the fatherless and bruised: He adds no more to oppress—man of the earth!
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
