Psalm 10

Psalm 10

¹Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

²The wicked in his pride ¹persecutes the poor;

^aLet them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

³For the wicked ^bboasts of his heart’s desire;

²He ^cblesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.

⁴The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;

³God is in none of his ^dthoughts.

⁵His ways ⁴are always prospering;

Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;

As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

^6eHe has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved;

^fI shall never be in adversity.”

^7gHis mouth is full of cursing and ^hdeceit and oppression;

Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.

⁸He sits in the lurking places of the villages;

In the secret places he murders the innocent;

His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.

⁹He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den;

He lies in wait to catch the poor;

He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

¹⁰So ⁵he crouches, he lies low,

That the helpless may fall by his ⁶strength.

¹¹He has said in his heart,

“God has forgotten;

He hides His face;

He will never see.”

¹²Arise, O Lord!

O God, ⁱlift up Your hand!

Do not forget the ^jhumble.

¹³Why do the wicked renounce God?

He has said in his heart,

“You will not require an account.”

¹⁴But You have ^kseen, for You observe trouble and grief,

To repay it by Your hand.

The helpless ^lcommits ⁷himself to You;

^mYou are the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;

Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

¹⁶ⁿThe Lord is King forever and ever;

The nations have perished out of His land.

¹⁷Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;

You will prepare their heart;

You will cause Your ear to hear,

¹⁸To ⁸do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,

That the man of the earth may ⁹oppress no more.