Psalms 10
10
PSALM 10
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1Wherefore is it that thou, O Lord,
dost stand from us afar?
And wherefore hidest thou thyself,
when times so troublous are?
2The wicked in his loftiness
doth persecute the poor:
In these devices they have fram'd
let them be taken sure.
3The wicked of his heart's desire
doth talk with boasting great;
He blesseth him that's covetous,
whom yet the Lord doth hate.
4The wicked, through his pride of face,
on God he doth not call;
And in the counsels of his heart
the Lord is not at all.
5His ways they always grievous are;
thy judgments from his sight
Removed are: at all his foes
he puffeth with despight.
6Within his heart he thus hath said,
I shall not moved be;
And no adversity at all
shall ever come to me.
7His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit,
is fill'd abundantly;
And underneath his tongue there is
mischief and vanity.
8He closely sits in villages;
he slays the innocent:
Against the poor that pass him by
his cruel eyes are bent.
9He, lion-like, lurks in his den;
he waits the poor to take;
And when he draws him in his net,
his prey he doth him make.
10Himself he humbleth very low,
he croucheth down withal,
That so a multitude of poor
may by his strong ones fall.
11He thus hath said within his heart,
The Lord hath quite forgot;
He hides his countenance, and he
for ever sees it not.
12O Lord, do thou arise; O God,
lift up thine hand on high:
Put not the meek afflicted ones
out of thy memory.
13Why is it that the wicked man
thus doth the Lord despise?
Because that God will it require
he in his heart denies.
14Thou hast it seen; for their mischief
and spite thou wilt repay:
The poor commits himself to thee;
thou art the orphan's stay.
15The arm break of the wicked man,
and of the evil one;
Do thou seek out his wickedness,
until thou findest none.
16The Lord is King through ages all,
ev'n to eternity;
The heathen people from his land
are perish'd utterly.
17O Lord, of those that humble are
thou the desire didst hear;
Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou
to hear wilt bend thine ear;
18To judge the fatherless, and those
that are oppressed sore;
That man, that is but sprung of earth,
may them oppress no more.
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Tehillim 10
10
1Why standest Thou afar off, Hashem? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of tzoros?
2The reshah in his ga'avah (haughtiness) doth persecute the ani (poor);#10:2 See Zech 9:9 where ani is Moshiach let them be caught in the devices that they have schemed.
3For the reshah boasteth of his ta'avat nefesh (soulʼs lust), and blesseth the covetous, whom Hashem abhorreth.
4The reshah, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after Him; Elohim is not in all his thoughts.
5His ways are always prosperous; Thy mishpatim are on high, out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
6He hath said in his lev, I shall not be shaken; throughout all generations I shall never be in trouble.
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his leshon (tongue) is trouble and iniquity.
8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages; in the places for ambush doth he murder the naki (innocent); his eyes are secretly set against the poor.
9He 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 reshet.
10He crouches, and stoops, that the poor may fall by his atzum (might).
11He hath said in his lev, El hath forgotten; He hideth his face; He will never see it.
12Arise, Hashem; O El, lift up Thine yad; forget not the aniyim.
13For why doth the reshah renounce Elohim? He hath said in his lev, Thou wilt not call me to account.
14Thou hast seen it; for Thou beholdest trouble and ka'as (grief), to requite it with Thy yad; the helpless committeth himself unto Thee; Thou art the Ozer (helper) of the yatom (orphan).
15Break Thou the zero'a of the reshah and the evil man; call to account his wickedness that would not be found out.
16 Hashem is Melech olam va'ed; the Goyim are perished out of His land.
17 Hashem, Thou hast heard the desire of the aniyim; Thou wilt strengthen their lev, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to hear;
18To judge the yatom (orphan) and the oppressed, that enosh of the earth may no more strike terror.
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