Psalms 10
1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ut quid, Domine, recessisti longe; despicis in opportunitatibus, in tribulatione?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Dum superbit impius, incenditur pauper: comprehenduntur in consiliis quibus cogitant.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Quoniam laudatur peccator in desideriis animæ suæ, et iniquus benedicitur.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Exacerbavit Dominum peccator: secundum multitudinem iræ suæ, non quæret.
5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Non est Deus in conspectu ejus; inquinatæ sunt viæ illius in omni tempore. Auferuntur judicia tua a facie ejus; omnium inimicorum suorum dominabitur.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
Dixit enim in corde suo: Non movebor a generatione in generationem, sine malo.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Cujus maledictione os plenum est, et amaritudine, et dolo; sub lingua ejus labor et dolor.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.
Sedet in insidiis cum divitibus in occultis, ut interficiat innocentem.
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Oculi ejus in pauperem respiciunt; insidiatur in abscondito, quasi leo in spelunca sua. Insidiatur ut rapiat pauperem; rapere pauperem dum attrahit eum.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
In laqueo suo humiliabit eum; inclinabit se, et cadet cum dominatus fuerit pauperum.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Dixit enim in corde suo: Oblitus est Deus; avertit faciem suam, ne videat in finem.
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the humble.
Exsurge, Domine Deus, exaltetur manus tua; ne obliviscaris pauperum.
13 Why doth the wicked despise God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
Propter quid irritavit impius Deum? dixit enim in corde suo: Non requiret.
14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to repay it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself to thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Vides, quoniam tu laborem et dolorem consideras, ut tradas eos in manus tuas. Tibi derelictus est pauper; orphano tu eris adjutor.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou shalt find none.
Contere brachium peccatoris et maligni; quæretur peccatum illius, et non invenietur.
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen have perished out of his land.
Dominus regnabit in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi; peribitis, gentes, de terra illius.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear:
Desiderium pauperum exaudivit Dominus; præparationem cordis eorum audivit auris tua:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
judicare pupillo et humili, ut non apponat ultra magnificare se homo super terram.
