Psalms 10
1 Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
Why do you stand, Lord, so far away, hiding yourself in times of trouble?
2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
The wicked, in their pride, are pursuing the helpless: let them be caught in the schemes they have plotted.
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 boasts of their wanton greed; the robber despises the Lord, and curses him,
4 The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' [are] all his devices.
in wicked pride, thinks: God doesn’t care, God doesn’t call to account.
5 Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.
Never a season that they do not prosper; your judgments are far above out of their sight: they scoff at their foes.
6 He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.
Each says in their heart, ‘I will never be shaken; I will live for all time untouched by misfortune.’
7 Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
Their mouths are full of deceit and oppression: under their tongues lurks mischief and wrong.
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,
Lying in secret in some village ambush, and stealthily watching, they murder 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.
Like a lion that lurks in a secret lair they lurk intending to catch the defenceless; to seize them, to drag them away in their net.
10 He is bruised — he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
Their victims are crushed, sink down to the ground. Under their claws the hapless fall.
11 He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
The wicked say in their hearts that God has forgotten, has hidden his face, will see nothing.
12 Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.
Arise, Lord, lift up your hand, do not forget the cry of the wretched.
13 Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'
Why do the wicked treat God with contempt, and say in their hearts, ‘God doesn’t care’?
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 have seen the trouble and sorrow; you mark it all, and will take it in hand. The hapless can count on you, helper of orphans.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
Break the arm of the wicked and evil: search out their sin, till no more be found.
16 Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
The Lord is king forever and ever: the nations will vanish from his land.
17 The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,
Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble, inclining your ear, strengthening their hearts,
18 To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress — man of the earth!
rights you have won for the crushed and the orphan, so no one on earth may strike terror again.
