Psalm 10:1–12

¹Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress? ²The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined. ³For the wicked boasteth of his soul’s desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah. ⁴The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God! ⁵His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. ⁶He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity. ⁷His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. ⁸He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched. ⁹He 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. ¹⁰He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones. ¹¹He saith in his heart, •God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it.

¹²Arise, Jehovah; O •God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.