Psalms 10
1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Why standest thou farre off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, euen in affliction?
2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth the LORD.
For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.
4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.
5 His ways are firm at all times; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.
6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved: to all generations I shall not be in adversity.
He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the covert places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the helpless.
He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murder the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.
9 He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.
10 He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall by his strong ones.
He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.
11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the poor.
Arise, O Lord God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]?
Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.
14 Thon hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to take it into thy hand: the helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the nations are perished out of his land.
The Lord is King for euer and euer: the heathen are destroyed foorth of his land.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man which is of the earth may be terrible no more.
To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.
