Psalms 10
10
Psalm 10
1Why are you so distant, Lord?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2The wicked person arrogantly pursues oppressed people.
He will be caught in the schemes that he planned.
3The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires.
He blesses robbers, but he curses the Lord.
4He turns up his nose ⌞and says⌟, “God doesn’t care.”
His every thought ⌞concludes⌟, “There is no God.”
5He always seems to succeed.
Your judgments are beyond his understanding.
He spits at all his opponents.
6He says to himself, “Nothing can shake me.
I’ll never face any trouble.”
7His mouth is full of cursing, deception, and oppression.
Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.
8He waits in ambush in the villages.
From his hiding places he kills innocent people.
His eyes are on the lookout for victims.
9He lies in his hiding place like a lion in his den.
He hides there to catch oppressed people.
He catches oppressed people when he draws them into his net.
10 ⌞His⌟ victims are crushed.
They collapse,
and they fall under ⌞the weight of⌟ his power.
11He says to himself,
“God has forgotten.
He has hidden his face.
He will never see it!”
12Arise, O Lord!
Lift your hand, O God.
Do not forget oppressed people!
13Why does the wicked person despise God?
Why does he say to himself, “God doesn’t care”?
14You have seen ⌞it⌟; yes, you have taken note of trouble and grief
and placed them under your control.
The victim entrusts himself to you.
You alone have been the helper of orphans.
15Break the arm of the wicked and evil person.
Punish his wickedness until you find no more.
16The Lord is king forever and ever.
The nations have vanished from his land.
17You have heard the desire of oppressed people, O Lord.
You encourage them.
You pay close attention to them
18in order to provide justice for orphans and oppressed people
so that no mere mortal will terrify them again.
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Psalms 10
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PSALM 10
1Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress? 2The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah. 4The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God#GodHebrew: Elohim 5His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. 6He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity. 7His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. 8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched. 9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net. 10He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones. 11He saith in his heart, ·God#GodHebrew: El hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it.
12Arise, Jehovah; O ·God#GodHebrew: El lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted. 13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God#GodHebrew: Elohim He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 14Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. 15Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 16Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land. 17Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear, 18To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.