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
10
A Prayer for God to Throw down the Wicked
1Why, O Yahweh, do you stand far off?
Why do you hide#Or “shut your eyes” during times of distress?
2In arrogance the wicked persecutes#Or “pursues” the poor.
Let them be caught in the schemes that they devised,
3for the wicked boasts about the desire of his heart,#Literally “soul”
and the one greedy for gain curses and treats Yahweh with contempt.
4With bald-faced pride#Literally “According to the height of his nose” the wicked will not seek God.
There is no God in any of his thoughts.
5His ways#According to the reading tradition (Qere) endure at all times.#Hebrew “time”
Your judgments are aloof from him.
As for all his enemies, he scoffs at them.
6He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved
throughout all generations,#Literally “for a generation and a generation” during which I will have no trouble.”
7His mouth is filled with cursing,
with deceits and oppression;
under his tongue are trouble and evil.
8He sits in ambush in villages;
in the hiding places he kills the innocent.
His eyes lurk#Literally “lie hid” for the helpless.
9He lies in ambush secretly,#Literally “in the secret places” like a lion in a thicket.
He lies in ambush to seize the poor;
he seizes the poor by catching him in his net.
10He is crushed;#Or “and he the wicked stoops” he is bowed down;#Or “he the wicked crouches”
so#Or “and” the helpless host#According to the reading tradition (Qere) falls by his might.#Literally “mighty ones”
11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten.
He has hidden his face.
He never sees.”
12Rise up, O Yahweh;
O God, lift up your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.
13Why does the wicked treat God with contempt?
He says in his heart, “You will not call me to account.”
14But you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief
to take it into your hand.
The helpless abandons himself upon you;
you have been the helper for the orphan.
15Break the arm of the wicked,
and as for the evil man—
seek out his wickedness until you find none.
16Yahweh is king forever and ever;
the nations have perished from his land.
17The longing of the afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh.
You will make their heart secure. You will listen attentively#Literally “cause your ear to hear”
18to render judgment for the fatherless and the oppressed
so that a mere mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.
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