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
1Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah?
Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued;
Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,
And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.
4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it.
All his thoughts are, There is no God.
5His ways are firm at all times;
Thy judgments are far above out of his sight:
As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
6He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved;
To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression:
Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8He 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.
9He 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.
10He croucheth, he boweth down,
And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
11He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten;
He hideth his face, he will never see it.
12Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand:
Forget not the poor.
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God,
And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?
14Thou 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.
15Break thou the arm of the wicked;
And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16Jehovah is King for ever and ever:
The nations are perished out of his land.
17Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek:
Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
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