Psalm 10

PSALM 10

A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.

¹Why ^ado You stand afar off, O Lord?

Why ^bdo You hide ¹Yourself in times of trouble?

²In ^apride the wicked ¹hotly pursue the afflicted;

²Let them be ^bcaught in the plots which they have devised.

³For the wicked ^aboasts of his ^bheart’s desire,

And ¹the greedy man curses and ^cspurns the Lord.

⁴The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, ^adoes not seek Him.

All his ¹thoughts are, “^bThere is no God.”

⁵His ways ^1aprosper at all times;

Your judgments are on high, ^bout of his sight;

As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.

⁶He says to himself, “^aI will not be moved;

¹Throughout all generations ^bI will not be in adversity.”

⁷His ^amouth is full of curses and deceit and ^boppression;

^cUnder his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

⁸He sits in the ^alurking places of the villages;

In the hiding places he ^bkills the innocent;

His eyes ¹stealthily watch for the ^2cunfortunate.

⁹He lurks in a hiding place as ^aa lion in his ¹lair;

He ^blurks to catch ^cthe afflicted;

He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his ^dnet.

¹⁰He ¹crouches, he ²bows down,

And the ³unfortunate fall ⁴by his mighty ones.

¹¹He ^asays to himself, “God has forgotten;

He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

¹²Arise, O Lord; O God, ^alift up Your hand.

^bDo not forget the afflicted.

¹³Why has the wicked ^aspurned God?

He has said to himself, “You will not require it.”

¹⁴You have seen it, for You have beheld ^amischief and vexation to ¹take it into Your hand.

The ^2bunfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the ^chelper of the orphan.

^15aBreak the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,

^1bSeek out his wickedness until You find none.

¹⁶The Lord is ^aKing forever and ever;

^bNations have perished from His land.

¹⁷O Lord, You have heard the ^adesire of the ¹humble;

You will ^bstrengthen their heart, ^cYou will incline Your ear

¹⁸To ¹vindicate the ^aorphan and the ^boppressed,

So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause ^cterror.