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
Psalm 10#10.0 Pss 9 and 10 contain part of an acrostic poem and might originally be one poem in Heb.
1Why do you stand so far away, LORD,
hiding yourself in troubling times?
2Meanwhile, the wicked are proudly
in hot pursuit of those who suffer.
Let them get caught
in the very same schemes they’ve thought up!
3The wicked brag about their body’s#10.3 Or soul’s cravings;
the greedy reject the LORD, cursing.
4At the peak of their wrath,
the wicked don’t seek God:
There’s no God—
that’s what they are always thinking.
5Their ways are always twisted.
Your rules are too lofty for them.
They snort at all their foes.
6They think to themselves,
We’ll never stumble.
We’ll never encounter any resistance.
7Their mouths are filled
with curses, dishonesty, violence.
Under their tongues lie
troublemaking and wrongdoing.
8They wait in a place perfect for ambush;#10.8 Heb uncertain
from their hiding places
they kill innocent people;
their eyes spot those who are helpless.
9They lie in ambush
in secret places,
like a lion in its lair.
They lie in ambush
so they can seize those who suffer!
They seize the poor, all right,
dragging them off in their nets.
10Their helpless victims are crushed;
they collapse, falling prey to the strength of the wicked.
11The wicked think to themselves:
God has forgotten.
God has hidden his face.
God never sees anything!
12Get up, LORD!
Get your fist ready, God!
Don’t forget the ones who suffer!
13Why do the wicked reject God?
Why do they think to themselves
that you won’t find out?
14But you do see!
You do see troublemaking and grief,
and you do something about it!
The helpless leave it all to you.
You are the orphan’s helper.
15Break the arms of those
who are wicked and evil.
Seek out their wickedness
until there’s no more to find.
16The LORD rules forever and always!
The nations will vanish from his land.
17 LORD, you listen to the desires of those who suffer.
You steady their hearts;
you listen closely to them,
18to establish justice
for the orphan and the oppressed,
so that people of the land
will never again be terrified.
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