Psalms 10
1 Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
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 wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
4 The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' [are] all his devices.
The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!
5 Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — 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 hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.
He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.
7 Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
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 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 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.
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 is bruised — he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
11 He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].
12 Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.
Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.
13 Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
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.
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 the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, 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 to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.
17 The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,
Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,
18 To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress — man of the earth!
To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.
