Psalm 10:1–12

¹Why standest thou afar off, O Lord?

Why hidest thou thyself ^ain times of trouble?

^2†The wicked in his pride doth ^bpersecute the poor:

^cLet them be taken in the ^edevices that they have imagined.

³For the wicked boasteth of his ^†heart’s desire,

And ^||blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

⁴The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after ^dGod:

^||God is not in all his ^ethoughts.

⁵His ways are always grievous;

^fThy judgments are far above out of his sight:

As for all his enemies, ^ghe puffeth at them.

^6hHe hath said in his heart, ⁱI shall not be moved:

^jFor I shall ^†never be in adversity.

^7jjHis mouth is full of cursing and ^†deceit and ^kfraud:

^lUnder his tongue is ^mmischief and ^||vanity.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages:

ⁿIn the secret places doth he murder the innocent:

His eyes ^†are privily set against ^othe poor.

^9pHe lieth in wait ^†secretly ^qas a lion in his ^rden:

He lieth in wait to catch the poor:

He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into ^shis net.

^10†He croucheth, and ^thumbleth himself,

That ^othe poor may fall ^||by his strong ones.

^11hHe hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:

^uHe hideth his face; ^xhe will never see it.

¹²Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand:

Forget not the ^||humble.