Psalm 10:2–11

²In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;

let them be caught in the schemes which they have devised.

³For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart,

and the man greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.

⁴In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him;

all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

⁵His ways prosper at all times;

thy judgments are on high, out of his sight;

as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

⁶He thinks in his heart, “I shall not be moved;

throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”

⁷His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;

under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

⁸He sits in ambush in the villages;

in hiding places he murders the innocent.

His eyes stealthily watch for the hapless,

⁹he lurks in secret like a lion in his covert;

he lurks that he may seize the poor,

he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

¹⁰The hapless is crushed, sinks down,

and falls by his might.

¹¹He thinks in his heart, “God has forgotten,

he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”