Psalms 10

1 Why standest thou farre off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, euen in affliction?

Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?

2 The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3 For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.

For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

4 The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.

The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

5 His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.

His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

6 He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

8 He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murder the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

9 He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.

He 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.

10 He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.

He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.

11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.

He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].

12 Arise, O Lord God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.

Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

13 Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

14 Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.

Thou 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.

15 Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.

Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

16 The Lord is King for euer and euer: the heathen are destroyed foorth of his land.

Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.

17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,

Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

18 To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.

To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.