Psalm 10

1 Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

A Song of Confidence in Gods Triumph Over Evil

2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.3 For the wicked boasts of his hearts desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.5 His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity.7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.10 So he crouches, he lies low, That the helpless may fall by his strength.11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see.12 Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.13 Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, You will not require an account. 14 But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; Seek out his wickedness until You find none.16 The Lord is King forever and ever; The nations have perished out of His land.17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,18 To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more.

Psalm 10

1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.

4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

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.

6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

10 He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

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

12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?

14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.

17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

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