Psalm 10:1–9

1  Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress? 2  The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3  For the wicked boasteth of his soul’s desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah. 4  The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God! 5  His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. 6  He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity. 7  His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. 8  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 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.