Psalms 10

1 Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away? Why have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?

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

While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise.

3 Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed.

4 The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' [are] all his devices.

The sinner has provoked the Lord; according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him.

5 Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.

God is not before his sight. His ways are stained at all times. Your judgments are removed from his face. He will be master of all his enemies.

6 He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

For he has said in his heart, “I will not be disturbed: from generation to generation without evil.”

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

His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit. Under his tongue are hardship and sorrow.

8 He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

He sits in ambush, with resources in hidden places, so that he may execute the innocent.

9 He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

His eyes catch sight of the poor. He lies in ambush, in hiding like a lion in his den. He lies in ambush, so that he may seize the poor, to seize the poor as he draws him in.

10 He is bruised — he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

With his snare, he will bring him down. He will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.

11 He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

For he has said in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.”

12 Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

O Lord God, rise up. Let your hand be exalted. Do not forget the poor.

13 Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'

How has the impious one provoked God? For he has said in his heart, “He will not inquire.”

14 Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow, so that you may deliver them into your hands. The poor one has been abandoned to you. You will be a helper to the orphan.

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

Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious. His sin will be sought, and it will not be found.

16 Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!

The Lord shall reign in eternity, even forever and ever. You will perish the Gentiles from his land.

17 The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor. Your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,

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

so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon the earth.