Psalm 10:3–11

For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,

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

In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;

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

His ways prosper at all times;

your judgments are on high, out of his sight;

as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

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

throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;

under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

He sits in ambush in the villages;

in hiding places he murders the innocent.

His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;

he lurks that he may seize the poor;

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

The helpless are crushed, sink down,

and fall by his might.

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,

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

He boasts about the cravings of his heart;

he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.

In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;

in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

His ways are always prosperous;

your laws are rejected by him;

he sneers at all his enemies.

He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”

He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”

His mouth is full of lies and threats;

trouble and evil are under his tongue.

He lies in wait near the villages;

from ambush he murders the innocent.

His eyes watch in secret for his victims;

like a lion in cover he lies in wait.

He lies in wait to catch the helpless;

he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

His victims are crushed, they collapse;

they fall under his strength.

He says to himself, “God will never notice;

he covers his face and never sees.”

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;

the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

In all his scheming,

the wicked person arrogantly thinks,

“There’s no accountability,

since there’s no God.”

His ways are always secure;

your lofty judgments have no effect on him;

he scoffs at all his adversaries.

He says to himself, “I will never be moved—

from generation to generation I will be without calamity.”

Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;

trouble and malice are under his tongue.

He waits in ambush near settlements;

he kills the innocent in secret places.

His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.

He lurks in order to seize a victim;

he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

So he is oppressed and beaten down;

helpless people fall because of the wicked one’s strength.

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;

he hides his face and will never see.”

For they brag about their evil desires;

they praise the greedy and curse the Lord.

The wicked are too proud to seek God.

They seem to think that God is dead.

Yet they succeed in everything they do.

They do not see your punishment awaiting them.

They sneer at all their enemies.

They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us!

We will be free of trouble forever!”

Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats.

Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.

They lurk in ambush in the villages,

waiting to murder innocent people.

They are always searching for helpless victims.

Like lions crouched in hiding,

they wait to pounce on the helpless.

Like hunters they capture the helpless

and drag them away in nets.

Their helpless victims are crushed;

they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.

The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us!

He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”

for the wicked boasts about the desire of his heart,

and the one greedy for gain curses and treats Yahweh with contempt.

With bald-faced pride the wicked will not seek God.

There is no God in any of his thoughts.

His ways endure at all times.

Your judgments are aloof from him.

As for all his enemies, he scoffs at them.

He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved

throughout all generations, during which I will have no trouble.”

His mouth is filled with cursing,

with deceits and oppression;

under his tongue are trouble and evil.

He sits in ambush in villages;

in the hiding places he kills the innocent.

His eyes lurk for the helpless.

He lies in ambush secretly, like a lion in a thicket.

He lies in ambush to seize the poor;

he seizes the poor by catching him in his net.

He is crushed; he is bowed down;

so the helpless host falls by his might.

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten.

He has hidden his face.

He never sees.”

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,

And blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God:

God is not in all his thoughts.

His ways are always grievous;

Thy judgments are far above out of his sight:

As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved:

For I shall never be in adversity.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud:

Under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages:

In the secret places doth he murder the innocent:

His eyes are privily set against the poor.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den:

He lieth in wait to catch the poor:

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

He croucheth, and humbleth himself,

That the poor may fall by his strong ones.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:

He hideth his face; he will never see it.