Psalms 10
10
1Lord, why do you stay so far away?
Why do you hide from people in times of trouble?
2The wicked are proud and make evil plans to hurt the poor,
who are caught in their traps and made to suffer.
3Those greedy people brag about the things they want to get.
They curse the Lord and show that they hate him.
4The wicked are too proud to ask God for help.
He does not fit into their plans.
5They succeed in everything they do.
They don’t understand how you can judge them.
They make fun of all their enemies.
6They say to themselves, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us.
We will have our fun and never be punished.”
7They are always cursing, lying,
and planning evil things to do.
8They hide just outside the villages,
waiting to kill innocent people,
always looking for any helpless person they can hurt.
9They are like lions hiding in the bushes
to catch weak and helpless animals.
They lay their traps for the poor,
who are caught in their nets.
10Again and again they hurt people
who are already weak and suffering.
11They say to themselves, “God has forgotten about us.
He is not watching.
He will never see what we are doing.”
12Lord, get up and do something.
Punish those who are wicked, God.
Don’t forget those who are poor and helpless.
13The wicked turn against God
because they think he will not punish them.
14But, Lord, you do see the pain and suffering they cause.
You see it, so punish them.
Those who were left helpless put their trust in you.
After all, you are the one who cares for orphans.
15Break the arms of those who are wicked and evil.
Punish them for the evil they have done,
and stop them from doing any more.
16Lord, you are King forever and ever,
so I know you will remove the wicked nations from your land.
17Lord, you have heard what the poor want.
Listen to their prayers, and do what they ask.
18Protect the orphans and those who have been hurt.
Don’t let powerful people drive us from our land!
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Psalm 10
10
A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked
1Why standest thou afar off, O Lord?
Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor:
let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire,
and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance,
will not seek after God:
God is not in all his thoughts.
5His ways are always grievous;
thy judgments are far above out of his sight:
as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved:
for I shall never be in adversity.
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Rom 3.14. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud:
under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8He 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.
9He 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.
10He croucheth, and humbleth himself,
that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:
he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand:
forget not the humble.
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God?
He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite,
to requite it with thy hand:
the poor committeth himself unto thee;
thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man:
seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16The Lord is King for ever and ever:
the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble:
thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18to judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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