Psalms 10
1 Why standest thou farre off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, euen in affliction?
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
Through the haughtiness of the wicked the poor are in distress; They are caught in the wiles which are contrived for them.
3 For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.
The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire; The rapacious renounceth and 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 his haughtiness, “He careth not!” 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 course is always prosperous; Far in the heights are thy judgments from him; As for all his enemies, 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 never fall; I shall never be in adversity.”
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.
His mouth is full of perjury, deceit, and oppression; Mischief and injustice are upon his tongue.
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 secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed upon the poor.
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 secretly lieth in wait, like a lion in a thicket; He lieth in wait to seize upon the helpless; He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
10 He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.
He croucheth, and lowereth himself, And the wretched fall into his paws.
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 doth forget; He hideth his face; he doth never see it.”
12 Arise, O Lord God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.
Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up thine hand: Forget not the distressed!
13 Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, “He careth not for 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 dost see it; yea, thou beholdest malice and oppression, And markest it upon thy hand! The poor committeth himself to thee; Thou art 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 unjust and wicked man; Seek out his wickedness, till thou canst 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 gentiles shall perish out of his land.
17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,
Thou, O LORD! wilt hear the desires of the distressed; Thou wilt strengthen their hearts; Thou wilt lend a listening ear!
18 To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.
Thou wilt maintain the cause of the fatherless and the oppressed, That henceforth none may be driven from the land.
