תהילים 10
| למה יהוה תעמד ברחוק תעלים לעתות בצרה׃ | 1 |
Lord, why are you so distant? Why do you hide from me in times of trouble?
| בגאות רשע ידלק עני יתפשו במזמות זו חשבו׃ | 2 |
The wicked chase down the poor with impunity. May they be trapped by the evil schemes they themselves invented.
| כי הלל רשע על תאות נפשו ובצע ברך נאץ יהוה׃ | 3 |
For the wicked boast about what they want to do. They praise the greedy, but treat the Lord with contempt.
| רשע כגבה אפו בל ידרש אין אלהים כל מזמותיו׃ | 4 |
The wicked are too proud to come to God. In all their thinking they never consider God.
| יחילו דרכו בכל עת מרום משפטיך מנגדו כל צורריו יפיח בהם׃ | 5 |
What they do always seems to go well. They're unaware of God's judgments. They ridicule all their enemies.
| אמר בלבו בל אמוט לדר ודר אשר לא ברע׃ | 6 |
They tell themselves, “Nothing bad is going to happen to me. I'll never be in trouble!”
| אלה פיהו מלא ומרמות ותך תחת לשונו עמל ואון׃ | 7 |
Their speech is full of cursing, lies, and threats; their tongues are always ready to spread trouble and cause evil.
| ישב במארב חצרים במסתרים יהרג נקי עיניו לחלכה יצפנו׃ | 8 |
They hide out in ambush in the villages, ready to kill innocent passers-by. They are always on the lookout for their next victim.
| יארב במסתר כאריה בסכה יארב לחטוף עני יחטף עני במשכו ברשתו׃ | 9 |
They lie in ambush like a lion ready to attack, ready to leap out from their hiding place to seize their victim. They capture the helpless, throwing a net over them.
| ודכה ישח ונפל בעצומיו חלכאים׃ | 10 |
Their victims are knocked down, laid low. They fall under the strength of the wicked.
| אמר בלבו שכח אל הסתיר פניו בל ראה לנצח׃ | 11 |
They tell themselves, “God won't notice. He's looking the other way. He won't ever see anything.”
| קומה יהוה אל נשא ידך אל תשכח עניים׃ | 12 |
Take a stand, Lord! Raise your hand to strike! Don't forget those who can't defend themselves.
| על מה נאץ רשע אלהים אמר בלבו לא תדרש׃ | 13 |
Why do the wicked think they can treat God with such contempt? Why do they think that God won't make them accountable?
| ראתה כי אתה עמל וכעס תביט לתת בידך עליך יעזב חלכה יתום אתה היית עוזר׃ | 14 |
But you do see the trouble and grief they cause. Take it into your own hands. The helpless trust in you; you defend the orphans.
| שבר זרוע רשע ורע תדרוש רשעו בל תמצא׃ | 15 |
Destroy the power of the wicked, those evil people! Call each of them to account until there are none left!
| יהוה מלך עולם ועד אבדו גוים מארצו׃ | 16 |
Lord, you are King forever and ever! The nations will vanish from their lands.
| תאות ענוים שמעת יהוה תכין לבם תקשיב אזנך׃ | 17 |
Lord, you have heard the longing cries of those who are suffering. You will encourage them, for you will listen to them.
| לשפט יתום ודך בל יוסיף עוד לערץ אנוש מן הארץ׃ | 18 |
You will defend the rights of orphans and the oppressed so that those who are mere human beings here on earth will never terrorize them again.
