Psalms

Psalm 10

1 Why4100 stand5975 you afar7350 off, O LORD?3068 why hide5956 you yourself in times6256 of trouble?6869

2 The wicked7563 in his pride1346 does persecute1814 the poor:6041 let them be taken8610 in the devices4209 that they have imagined.2803

3 For the wicked7563 boasts1984 of his heart's5315 desire,8378 and blesses1288 the covetous,1214 whom the LORD3068 abhors.5006

4 The wicked,7563 through the pride1363 of his countenance,639 will not seek1875 after God430: God is not in all3605 his thoughts.4209

5 His ways1870 are always3605 6256 grievous;2342 your judgments4941 are far5048 above4791 out of his sight:5048 as for all3605 his enemies,6887 he puffs6315 at them.

6 He has said559 in his heart,3820 I shall not be moved:4131 for I shall never1755 be in adversity.7451

7 His mouth6310 is full4390 of cursing423 and deceit4820 and fraud:8496 under8478 his tongue3956 is mischief5999 and vanity.205

8 He sits3427 in the lurking3993 places of the villages:2691 in the secret4565 places does he murder2026 the innocent:5355 his eyes5869 are privately6845 set6845 against the poor.2489

9 He lies in wait693 secretly4565 as a lion738 in his den:5520 he lies in wait693 to catch2414 the poor:6041 he does catch2414 the poor,6041 when he draws4900 him into his net.7568

10 He crouches,1794 and humbles7817 himself, that the poor2489 may fall5307 by his strong6099 ones.

11 He has said559 in his heart,3820 God410 has forgotten:7911 he hides5641 his face;6440 he will never1074 5331 see7200 it.

12 Arise,6965 O LORD;3068 O God,410 lift5375 up your hand:3027 forget7911 not the humble.6041

13 Why5921 4100 does the wicked7563 scorn5006 God?430 he has said559 in his heart,3820 You will not require1875 it.

14 You have seen7200 it; for you behold5027 mischief5999 and spite,3708 to requite5414 it with your hand:3027 the poor2489 commits5800 himself to you; you are the helper5826 of the fatherless.3490

15 Break7665 you the arm2220 of the wicked7563 and the evil7451 man: seek1875 out his wickedness7562 till you find4672 none.1077

16 The LORD3068 is King4428 for ever5769 and ever:5703 the heathen1471 are perished6 out of his land.776

17 LORD,3068 you have heard8085 the desire8378 of the humble:6041 you will prepare3559 their heart,3820 you will cause your ear241 to hear:7181

18 To judge8199 the fatherless3490 and the oppressed,1790 that the man582 of the earth776 may no1077 more3254 5750 oppress.6206