Psalms 10

1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?

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 persecute the poor: let them 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 heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

4 The wicked [[saith]] in his haughtiness, “He careth not!” All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God: ] God [is] not in all his thoughts.

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 are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

6 He saith in his heart, “I shall never fall; I shall never be in adversity.”

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in 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 fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

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 murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

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 as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

10 He croucheth, and lowereth himself, And the wretched fall into his paws.

He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor 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 hath said 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, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

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 beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art 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 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.

The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are 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!

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause 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 judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.