Psalm 10

1 Why 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. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his †heart’s desire, And ||blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after dGod: ||God is not in all his ethoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; fThy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his enemies, ghe puffeth at them. 6 hHe hath said in his heart, iI shall not be moved: jFor I shall †never be in adversity. 7 jjHis mouth is full of cursing and †deceit and kfraud: lUnder his tongue is mmischief and ||vanity. 8 He 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. 9 pHe 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. 11 hHe hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: uHe hideth his face; xhe will never see it. 12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: Forget not the ||humble. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked ycontemn God? hHe hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not zrequire it. 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, aTo requite it with thy hand: oThe poor †bcommitteth himself unto thee; cThou art the helper of the fatherless. 15 dBreak thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: zSeek out his wickedness till thou find none. 16 eThe Lord is King for ever and ever: The heathen are perished out of his land. 17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the fhumble: Thou wilt ||prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To gjudge the fatherless and hthe oppressed, That ithe man of the earth may no more ||oppress.