Psalms 10
1 Why do you stand, Lord, so far away, hiding yourself in times of trouble?
Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked, in their pride, are pursuing the helpless: let them be caught in the schemes they have plotted.
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
3 For the wicked boasts of their wanton greed; the robber despises the Lord, and curses him,
For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.
4 in wicked pride, thinks: God doesn’t care, God doesn’t call to account.
The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
5 Never a season that they do not prosper; your judgments are far above out of their sight: they scoff at their foes.
His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
6 Each says in their heart, ‘I will never be shaken; I will live for all time untouched by misfortune.’
He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”
7 Their mouths are full of deceit and oppression: under their tongues lurks mischief and wrong.
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8 Lying in secret in some village ambush, and stealthily watching, they murder the innocent.
He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
9 Like a lion that lurks in a secret lair they lurk intending to catch the defenceless; to seize them, to drag them away in their net.
He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
10 Their victims are crushed, sink down to the ground. Under their claws the hapless fall.
The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
11 The wicked say in their hearts that God has forgotten, has hidden his face, will see nothing.
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
12 Arise, Lord, lift up your hand, do not forget the cry of the wretched.
Arise, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
13 Why do the wicked treat God with contempt, and say in their hearts, ‘God doesn’t care’?
Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
14 You have seen the trouble and sorrow; you mark it all, and will take it in hand. The hapless can count on you, helper of orphans.
But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil: search out their sin, till no more be found.
Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
16 The Lord is king forever and ever: the nations will vanish from his land.
The LORD is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
17 Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble, inclining your ear, strengthening their hearts,
LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
18 rights you have won for the crushed and the orphan, so no one on earth may strike terror again.
to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
