Psalms 10

1 Why do you stand far off, YHWH? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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

2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

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

3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings, and he blesses the greedy, scorning YHWH.

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

4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek. All his thoughts are "There is no God."

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

5 His ways are firm at all times. Your judgments are turned aside. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

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

6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. From generation to generation I shall not experience calamity."

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

7 His mouth is full of cursing and bitterness and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

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

8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

He sits in an ambush of the villages, He slays the innocent in secret places. His eyes secretly watch for the afflicted,

9 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.

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.

10 The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.

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

11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."

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

12 Arise, YHWH. God, lift up your hand. Do not forget the helpless.

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

13 Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "You will not seek (an accounting)."

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

14 But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

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.

15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

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

16 YHWH is King forever and ever. The nations have perished from his land.

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

17 YHWH, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

You have heard the desire of the humble, O YHWH. You prepare their heart; You cause Your ear to attend,

18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

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