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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Psalms 10
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Psalm 10
A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.
1Why do You stand far away, Lord?
Why do You hide #10:1 Or Your eyesYourself in times of trouble?
2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy;
# 10:2 Or They will be caught Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
3¶For the wicked boasts of his soul’s desire,
And #10:3 Or blesses the greedy manthe greedy person curses and shows disrespect to the Lord.
4The wicked, #10:4 Lit the height of his nosein his haughtiness, does not seek Him.
There is no God in all his schemes.
5¶His ways succeed at all times;
Yet Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.
6He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
# 10:6 Lit To Throughout the generations I will not be in adversity.”
7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression;
Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
8He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
He kills the innocent in the secret places;
His eyes #10:8 Lit lie in waitsurreptitiously watch for the #10:8 Or poorunfortunate.
9He lurks in secret like a lion in his #10:9 Or thicketlair;
He lurks to catch the needy;
He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net.
10Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;
And #10:10 Or unhappyunfortunate people fall by his mighty power.
11He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”
12¶Arise, Lord; God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the humble.
13Why has the wicked treated God disrespectfully?
He has said to himself, “#10:13 I.e., as though God will ignore itYou will not require an account.”
14You have seen it, for You have looked at harm and provocation to #10:14 Lit put, givetake it into Your hand.
The #10:14 Or poorunfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.
15Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
# 10:15 Or May You seek Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
16¶The Lord is King forever and ever;
Nations have perished from His land.
17Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will make Your ear attentive
18To #10:18 Lit judgevindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause terror.
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