Psalms 10

1 Why, YHWH, do You stand at a distance? Do You hide in times of adversity?

Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in schemes that they devised.

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

3 Because the wicked has boasted Of the desire of his soul, And he has blessed a dishonest gainer, He has despised YHWH.

Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

4 The wicked does not inquire according to the height of his face. “There is no God!” [are] all his schemes.

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' [are] all his devices.

5 His ways writhe at all times, Your judgments [are] on high before him, All his adversaries—he puffs at them.

Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.

6 He has said in his heart, “I am not moved, [And am] not in calamity to generation and generation.”

He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

7 His mouth is full of oaths, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness 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 doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

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 lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

10 He is bruised—he bows down, The afflicted has fallen by his mighty ones.

He is bruised — he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

11 He said in his heart, “God has forgotten, He has hid His face, He has never seen.”

He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

12 Arise, O YHWH! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.

Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

13 Why has the wicked despised God? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”

Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'

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 hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

16 YHWH [is] King for all time and forever, The nations have perished out of His land!

Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for 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,

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

18 To judge the fatherless and bruised: He adds no more to oppress—man of the earth!

To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress — man of the earth!