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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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Psalms 10
10
1Lord, why are you so distant? Why do you hide from me in times of trouble?
2The wicked chase down the poor with impunity. May they be trapped by the evil schemes they themselves invented.
3For the wicked boast about what they want to do. They praise the greedy, but treat the Lord with contempt.
4The wicked are too proud to come to God. In all their thinking they never consider God.
5What they do always seems to go well. They're unaware of God's judgments. They ridicule all their enemies.
6They tell themselves, “Nothing bad is going to happen to me. I'll never be in trouble!”
7Their speech is full of cursing, lies, and threats; their tongues are always ready to spread trouble and cause evil.
8They hide out in ambush in the villages, ready to kill innocent passers-by. They are always on the lookout for their next victim.
9They lie in ambush like a lion ready to attack, ready to leap out from their hiding place to seize their victim. They capture the helpless, throwing a net over them.
10Their victims are knocked down, laid low.#10:10. It is uncertain as to whether this line refers to the victims or the wicked. If it is the latter, it could be translated, “They crouch down and lie low.” They fall under the strength of the wicked.
11They tell themselves, “God won't notice. He's looking the other way. He won't ever see anything.”
12Take a stand, Lord! Raise your hand to strike! Don't forget those who can't defend themselves.
13Why do the wicked think they can treat God with such contempt? Why do they think that God won't make them accountable?
14But you do see the trouble and grief they cause. Take it into your own hands. The helpless trust in you; you defend the orphans.
15Destroy the power of the wicked, those evil people! Call each of them to account until there are none left!
16Lord, you are King forever and ever! The nations will vanish from their lands.
17Lord, you have heard the longing cries of those who are suffering. You will encourage them, for you will listen to them.
18You will defend the rights of orphans and the oppressed so that those who are mere human beings here on earth will never terrorize them again.
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