Psalms 10
1 Why, YHWH, do You stand at a distance? Do You hide in times of adversity?
Yahweh, (why are you far away [from us]?/it seems that you are far away [from us].) [RHQ] Why do you not pay attention when we have troubles [RHQ]?
2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in schemes that they devised.
People who are proud gladly cause poor people to suffer. So [cause what they do to others to happen to them]! May they be caught in the [same] traps that they set to catch others [MET]!
3 Because the wicked has boasted Of the desire of his soul, And he has blessed a dishonest gainer, He has despised YHWH.
They brag about the [evil] things that they want to do. They praise people who seize from others things that do not belong to them, and they curse you, Yahweh.
4 The wicked does not inquire according to the height of his face. “There is no God!” [are] all his schemes.
Wicked people are very proud. As a result, they do not (seek help from/are not concerned about) God; they do not even think that God exists.
5 His ways writhe at all times, Your judgments [are] on high before him, All his adversaries—he puffs at them.
But [it seems that] they succeed in everything that they do. They do not think that they will be condemned/punished for their deeds, and they (sneer at/make fun of) their enemies.
6 He has said in his heart, “I am not moved, [And am] not in calamity to generation and generation.”
They think, “Nothing bad will happen to us! We will never have troubles!”
7 His mouth is full of oaths, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
When they talk [MTY], they are always cursing, lying, and threatening to harm others. They constantly say [MTY] evil things that show that they are ready to do cruel things to others.
8 He sits in an ambush of the villages, He slays the innocent in secret places. His eyes secretly watch for the afflicted,
They hide in villages, ready to (ambush/suddenly attack) and kill people who (are innocent/have done nothing wrong). They constantly search for people who will not be able to (resist/defend themselves) [when they are attacked].
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.
They are like [MET] lions that crouch down and hide, waiting to pounce on their prey. They are like hunters that catch their prey with a net and then drag it away.
10 He is bruised—he bows down, The afflicted has fallen by his mighty ones.
Just like helpless animals are crushed, people who cannot defend themselves are killed because wicked people are very strong.
11 He said in his heart, “God has forgotten, He has hid His face, He has never seen.”
Wicked people say, “God will not pay any attention [to what we do]. His eyes are covered, so he never sees anything.”
12 Arise, O YHWH! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.
Yahweh God, arise [and help us] Punish [IDM] those wicked people! And do not forget those who are suffering!
13 Why has the wicked despised God? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”
Wicked people revile you [RHQ] continually. They think, “God will never punish us!”
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 see the trouble and the distress [that they cause]. People who are suffering expect that you will help them; and you help orphans, [also].
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
(Break the arms/Destroy the power) of wicked [DOU] people! Continue to pursue and punish them for the wicked things that they do, until they stop doing those things.
16 YHWH [is] King for all time and forever, The nations have perished out of His land!
Yahweh, you are our king forever, but [wicked] nations will disappear from the earth.
17 You have heard the desire of the humble, O YHWH. You prepare their heart; You cause Your ear to attend,
You have listened to afflicted/suffering people when they cry out to you. You hear them [when they pray], and you encourage [IDM] them.
18 To judge the fatherless and bruised: He adds no more to oppress—man of the earth!
You show that orphans and oppressed people have not done things that are wrong, with the result that human beings will not cause people to be terrified any more.
