Psalms 10
10
# 10 It is likely that Pss. 9 and 10 were originally one acrostic psalm. Eight Hebrew manuscripts unite them as well as the Aramaic, Septuagint, and the Latin Vulgate. The Cry of the Oppressed
The Lord is Concealed
1Lord, why do you seem so far away when evil is near?
Why have you hidden yourself when I need you the most? # 10:1 Or “when trouble is near.”
2The arrogant in their elitist pride persecute the poor and helpless.
May you pour out upon them
the very evil they’ve dreamed up against others!
3How they brag and boast of their cravings, exalting the greedy.
They congratulate themselves as they despise you—
4these arrogant ones, so smug and secure!
In their delusion the wicked boast, saying,
“God doesn’t care about what we do.
There’s nothing to worry about!”
5So successful are they in their schemes
and prosperous in all their plans!
Your laws are far from them;
they scoff at their enemies.
6They boast that neither God nor men will bring them down.
They sneer at all their enemies, saying in their hearts,
“We’ll have success in all we do
and never have to face trouble.”
7Their mouths spew out cursing, lies, and threats.
Only trouble and turmoil come from all their plans.
8-9Like beasts lurking in the shadows of the city,
they crouch silently in ambush, waiting for the innocent to pass by.
Pouncing on the poor, they catch them in their snare
to murder their prey in secret
as they plunder their helpless victims.
10They crush the lowly as they fall beneath their brutal blows,
watching their victims collapse in defeat!
11Then they say to themselves,
“The Lofty One # 10:11 This is the Hebrew name for God El, the “Lofty [Exalted] God.” is not watching while we do this.
He doesn’t even care! We can get away with it!”
The Lord is Concerned
12Now arise, Yahweh-God! Crush them once and for all!
Don’t forget the helpless and oppressed.
13How dare the wicked think they’ll reject God and escape judgment.
They say to themselves,
“God won’t hold me accountable.”
14Lord, I know you see all that they’re doing,
noting their each and every deed.
You know the trouble and turmoil they’ve caused.
Now punish them thoroughly for all that they’ve done!
The poor and helpless ones trust in you, Lord,
for you are famous for being the helper of the fatherless.
I know you won’t let them down.
15Break the power of the wicked and all their strong-arm tactics.
Search them out and destroy them
for the evil things they’ve done.
16You, Yahweh, are King forever and ever!
All the nations will perish from your land.
17Yahweh, you have heard the desires of the humble
and seen their hopes. # 10:17 The tenderhearted, compassionate God is able to hear our unspoken desires. What moves our hearts moves his heart. How kind is Yahweh!
You will hear their cries and encourage their hearts.
18The orphans and the oppressed will be terrified no longer,
for you will bring them justice, and no earth-dweller will trouble them again.
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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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