Psalms 10
1 Why, YHWH, do You stand at a distance? Do You hide in times of adversity?
Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in schemes that they devised.
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that 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 boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.
4 The wicked does not inquire according to the height of his face. “There is no God!” [are] all his schemes.
The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for 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 prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers 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 shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”
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 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 lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against 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 lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
10 He is bruised—he bows down, The afflicted has fallen by his mighty ones.
The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
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, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
13 Why has the wicked despised God? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”
Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into 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 do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
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 will perish 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,
LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your 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 terrify no more.
