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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 10</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do you stand far off?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="content">Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="content">who are caught in the schemes he devises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He boasts about the cravings of his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="content">he blesses the greedy and reviles the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="content">in all his thoughts there is no room for God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">His ways are always prosperous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">your laws are rejected by</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:5 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ they are haughty, and your laws are far from</span></span></span><span class="content"> him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">he sneers at all his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He says to himself, &#8220;Nothing will ever shake me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="content">He swears, &#8220;No one will ever do me harm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">His mouth is full of lies and threats;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="content">trouble and evil are under his tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He lies in wait near the villages;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">from ambush he murders the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">His eyes watch in secret for his victims;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">like a lion in cover he lies in wait.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">He lies in wait to catch the helpless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">His victims are crushed, they collapse;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="content">they fall under his strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He says to himself, &#8220;God will never notice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="content">he covers his face and never sees.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! Lift up your hand, O God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="content">Do not forget the helpless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Why does the wicked man revile God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">Why does he say to himself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">&#8220;He won&#8217;t call me to account&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">you consider their grief and take it in hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">The victims commit themselves to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">you are the helper of the fatherless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Break the arm of the wicked man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">call the evildoer to account for his wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">that would not otherwise be found out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is King for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="content">the nations will perish from his land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, hear the desire of the afflicted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="content">you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">defending the fatherless and the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="content">so that mere earthly mortals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="content">will never again strike terror.</span></span></div>
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