Psalms 10

1 Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?

Ko e hā ʻoku ke fakamamaʻo ai, ʻE Sihova? Ko e hā ʻoku ke fakafufū ai koe ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe mamahi?

2 Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

‌ʻI he fielahi ʻae angakovi ʻoku ne fakatangaʻi ʻae masiva: tuku ke moʻua ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi filioʻi ʻaia kuo nau fakakaukau ki ai.

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.

He ʻoku polepole ʻae angahala ʻi he holi ʻa hono loto, ʻo ne fakamālō ki he manumanu ʻaia ʻoku fehiʻa ki ai ʻa Sihova.

4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith: 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'

Ko e angahala, ʻi he fielahi ʻa hono mata, ʻe ʻikai te ne kumi [ki he ʻOtua]: ʻoku ʻikai kau ki he ʻOtua ʻene ngaahi mahalo kotoa pē.

5 His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

‌ʻOku fakamamahi maʻuaipē hono ngaahi ʻaluʻanga; ʻoku māʻolunga lahi hake hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau ʻo ʻulia ʻiate ia: pea ʻoku ne ifi atu ki hono ngaahi fili kotoa pē.

6 He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'

Kuo pehē ʻe ia ʻi hono loto, “ʻE ʻikai te u ngaue: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te u ʻi he mamahi mei he toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata.”

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

‌ʻOku fonu hono ngutu ʻi he kape, mo e kākā, mo e loi: ʻoku ʻi hono lalo ʻelelo ʻae pauʻu, mo e kovi.

8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

‌ʻOku nofo ia ʻi he ngaahi toitoiʻanga ʻoe ngaahi potu kakai: ʻoku fakapoongi ʻe ia ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻi he ngaahi potu fakalilolilo: ʻoku siosio pau hono mata ʻi he fufū ki he masiva.

9 He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.

‌ʻOku tokoto tatali pe ia ʻi he potu lilo, ʻo hangē ko e laione ʻi hono ʻana: ʻoku tali tokoto ia ke ne pō ʻae masiva: ʻoku ne pō ʻae masiva, ʻi heʻene fakatauveleʻi ia ki heʻene hele.

10 He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.

‌ʻOku ne tulolo ʻo fakavaivai ia, koeʻuhi ke hinga ai ʻae masiva ʻi heʻene mālohi.

11 He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'

Naʻe pehē ʻe ia ʻi hono loto, “Kuo ngalo ʻi he ʻOtua: ʻoku fufū ʻe ia hono fofonga ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ne mamata ki ai.”

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.

Tuʻu hake, ʻE Sihova; ʻE ʻOtua, hiki hake ho nima: ʻoua naʻa fakangalongaloʻi ʻae angavaivai.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?

Ko e hā ʻoku manuki ai ʻe he angakovi ki he ʻOtua? Naʻe pehē ʻe ia ʻi hono loto, “ʻE ʻikai te ke ʻeke ki ai.”

14 Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Kuo ke ʻafioʻi ia; he ʻoku ke ʻafioʻi ʻae pauʻu mo e fakafāsifasi, ke totongi ia ʻaki ho nima: ʻoku tuku ia kiate koe ʻe he masiva; ko koe ko e tokoni ʻoe tamai mate.

15 Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

Fesiʻi ʻe koe ʻae nima ʻoe tangata angahala mo angakovi: kumi ʻene ngaahi kovi kotoa pē ke ʻoua ke ʻosi.

16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations are perished out of His land.

Ko e Tuʻi ʻa Sihova, ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengata: kuo ʻauha ʻae hiteni mei hono fonua.

17 LORD, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;

‌ʻE Sihova, kuo ke ongoʻi ʻae holi ʻae angavaivai: pea te ke teuʻi honau loto, te ke ʻange ho fofonga ke ʻafioʻi:

18 To right the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

Ke fakamaau ʻae ngaahi tamai mate mo e kakai kuo taʻomia, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa toe fakailifiaʻi ʻe he tangata ʻoe fonua.