Psa. 10
:1
10:1
1Why, O Jehovah, do You stand
afar off?
Why do You hide Yourself in times of distress?
Psa. 10
:2
10:2
Arrogantly the wicked hotly pursue the poor —
May they be caught in the plots that they devise!
Psa. 10
:3
10:3
For the wicked man boasts of the desire of his soul,
And the rapacious man curses,
even despises, Jehovah.
Psa. 10
:4
10:4
The wicked man, according to the haughtiness of his countenance,
Says, He will not require
it;
All his thoughts are
this:
aThere is no God!
Psa. 10
:5
10:5
His ways succeed at all times;
Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.
Psa. 10
:6
10:6
He has said in his heart, I will not be shaken;
I will be in no trouble
1forever.
Psa. 10
:7
10:7
His amouth is full of curses and of deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
Psa. 10
:8
10:8
He sits in the ambushes of the open villages;
In hidden places he murders the innocent;
His eyes secretly watch for the unfortunate.
Psa. 10
:9
10:9
He lurks in secret like a lion in
its covert;
He lurks
ready to seize the poor;
He seizes the poor, drawing them up in his net.
Psa. 10
:10
10:10
He stoops, he crouches,
And the unfortunate fall by his mighty
claws.
Psa. 10
:11
10:11
He has said in his heart, God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never
asee this.
Psa. 10
:12
10:12
Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the poor.
Psa. 10
:13
10:13
Why does the wicked man despise God
And say in his heart, You will not require
it?
Psa. 10
:14
10:14
You do see! For You observe mischief and vexation,
To requite
it with Your own hand.
To You the unfortunate one
acommits his cause;
You have been the help of the orphan.
Psa. 10
:15
10:15
Break the arm of the wicked man and the evil doer;
Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.
Psa. 10
:16
10:16
Jehovah is
aKing forever and ever;
The nations have perished from His land.
Psa. 10
:17
10:17
You have heard the desire of the lowly, O Jehovah;
You will establish their heart; You will cause Your ears to listen,
Psa. 10
:18
10:18
In order to execute justice for the orphan and the oppressed one,
That the mortal man of the earth may terrorize no longer.
