Psalms 10
1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou stand afar off? [Wherefore] hide thyself, in times of destitution?
2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
In the pride of the lawless one, he hotly pursueth the poor, let them be caught in the plots which they have devised!
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth the LORD.
For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, and, the robber, hath blasphemed Yahweh.
4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
The lawless one, in the loftiness of his countenance, will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots:
5 His ways are firm at all times; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
His ways are firm at all times, On high, are thy righteous regulations, out of his sight, As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them:
6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved: to all generations I shall not be in adversity.
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be shaken, —From generation to generation, shall I be in no misfortune.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
With cursing, his mouth is full, and with deceptions and oppression, Under his tongue, are trouble and mischief:
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the covert places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the helpless.
He abideth in the lurking-place of villages, In the hiding-places, he murdereth the innocent, —His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch:
9 He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
He lieth in wait in a hiding-place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net:
10 He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall by his strong ones.
He croucheth, he lieth down, then falleth he with his strong claws upon the unfortunate.
11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten, —He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the poor.
Arise! Yahweh! O GOD! raise thy hand, —Do not forget the patient!
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]?
Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]!
14 Thon hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to take it into thy hand: the helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Thou hast seen! For, thou, mischief and misery, dost discern, to requite with thine own hand, Unto thee, doth, the unfortunate one, give himself up, To the fatherless, thou thyself, hast become a helper.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Shatter thou the arm of the lawless one, And, as for the wrongful, wilt thou not enquire for his lawlessness—wilt thou not find [it]?
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the nations are perished out of his land.
Yahweh, is king, to times age-abiding and beyond, The nations have perished out of his land.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
The longing of the patient, thou hast heard, O Yahweh, Thou wilt establish their heart, Thou wilt make attentive thine ear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man which is of the earth may be terrible no more.
To vindicate the fatherless and the crushed, A man of the earth, shall, no further, cause terror!
