Psalms 10
1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
2 Through the haughtiness of the wicked the poor are in distress; They are caught in the wiles which are contrived for them.
The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire; The rapacious renounceth and contemneth Jehovah.
For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
4 The wicked [[saith]] in his haughtiness, “He careth not!” All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!
5 His course is always prosperous; Far in the heights are thy judgments from him; As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
6 He saith in his heart, “I shall never fall; I shall never be in adversity.”
He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.
7 His mouth is full of perjury, deceit, and oppression; Mischief and injustice are upon his tongue.
His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed upon the poor.
He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
9 He secretly lieth in wait, like a lion in a thicket; He lieth in wait to seize upon the helpless; He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
10 He croucheth, and lowereth himself, And the wretched fall into his paws.
He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
11 He saith in his heart, “God doth forget; He hideth his face; he doth never see it.”
He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].
12 Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up thine hand: Forget not the distressed!
Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, “He careth not for it”?
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
14 Thou dost see it; yea, thou beholdest malice and oppression, And markest it upon thy hand! The poor committeth himself to thee; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the unjust and wicked man; Seek out his wickedness, till thou canst find none!
Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
16 Jehovah is king for ever and ever; The gentiles shall perish out of his land.
Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.
17 Thou, O LORD! wilt hear the desires of the distressed; Thou wilt strengthen their hearts; Thou wilt lend a listening ear!
Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,
18 Thou wilt maintain the cause of the fatherless and the oppressed, That henceforth none may be driven from the land.
To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.
