Psalms 10
1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.
He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
8 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.
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
9 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.
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
10 He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the humble.
Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
13 Why doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself to thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou shalt find none.
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
16 The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen have perished out of his land.
The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear:
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
