13 Be gracious to me, Lord;

consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.ab

Lift me up from the gates of death,ac

14 so that I may declare all your praises.

I will rejoice in your salvationad

within the gates of Daughter Zion.

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they made;

their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.ae

16 The Lord has made himself known;

he has executed justice,af

snaring the wicked

by the work of their hands.a

Higgaion. Selah

17 The wicked will return to Sheolb—

all the nations that forget God.c

18 For the needy will not always be forgotten;

the hope of the oppressedA will not perish forever.d

19 Rise up, Lord! Do not let mere humans prevail;

let the nations be judged in your presence.e

20 Put terror in them, Lord;f

let the nations know they are only humans.g

Selah

Psalm 10

NEED FOR GOD’S JUSTICE

1 Lord,* * why do you stand so far away?h

Why do you hide in times of trouble?i

2 In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims;

let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.j

3 For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;k

the one who is greedy cursesD and despises the Lord.l

4 In all his scheming,

the wicked person arrogantly thinks,E

“There’s no accountability,

since there’s no God.”m

5 His ways are always secure;F

your lofty judgments have no effect on him;G

he scoffs at all his adversaries.n

6 He says to himself, “I will never be moved—

from generation to generation I will be without calamity.”o