Psalmorum 10
1 Ut quid Domine recessisti longe, despicis in opportunitatibus, in tribulatione?
Why standest thou afar off, O Yhwh? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 Dum superbit impius, incenditur pauper: comprehenduntur in consiliis quibus cogitant.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 Quoniam laudatur peccator in desideriis animæ suæ: et iniquus benedicitur.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom Yhwh abhorreth.
4 Exacerbavit Dominum peccator, secundum multitudinem iræ suæ non quæret.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5 Non est Deus in conspectu eius: inquinatæ sunt viæ illius in omni tempore. Auferuntur iudicia tua a facie eius: omnium inimicorum suorum dominabitur.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 Dixit enim in corde suo: Non movebor a generatione in generationem, sine malo.
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7 Cuius maledictione os plenum est, et amaritudine, et dolo: sub lingua eius labor et dolor.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 Sedet in insidiis cum divitibus in occultis, ut interficiat innocentem.
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.
9 Oculi eius in pauperem respiciunt: insidiatur in abscondito, quasi leo in spelunca sua. Insidiatur ut rapiat pauperem: rapere pauperem dum attrahit eum.
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.
10 In laqueo suo humiliabit eum, inclinabit se, et cadet cum dominatus fuerit pauperum.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 Dixit enim in corde suo: Oblitus est Deus, avertit faciem suam ne videat in finem.
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 Exurge Domine Deus, exaltetur manus tua: ne obliviscaris pauperum.
Arise, O Yhwh; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13 Propter quid irritavit impius Deum? dixit enim in corde suo: Non requiret.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 Vides, quoniam tu laborem et dolorem consideras: ut tradas eos in manus tuas. Tibi derelictus est pauper: orphano tu eris adiutor.
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Contere brachium peccatoris et maligni: quæretur peccatum illius, et non invenietur.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 Dominus regnabit in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi: peribitis Gentes de terra illius.
Yhwh is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 Desiderium pauperum exaudivit Dominus: præparationem cordis eorum audivit auris tua.
Yhwh, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 Iudicare pupillo et humili, ut non apponat ultra magnificare se homo super terram.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
