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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1Lord, why are you so distant? Why do you hide from me in times of trouble?
2The wicked chase down the poor with impunity. May they be trapped by the evil schemes they themselves invented.
3For the wicked boast about what they want to do. They praise the greedy, but treat the Lord with contempt.
4The wicked are too proud to come to God. In all their thinking they never consider God.
5What they do always seems to go well. They're unaware of God's judgments. They ridicule all their enemies.
6They tell themselves, “Nothing bad is going to happen to me. I'll never be in trouble!”
7Their speech is full of cursing, lies, and threats; their tongues are always ready to spread trouble and cause evil.
8They hide out in ambush in the villages, ready to kill innocent passers-by. They are always on the lookout for their next victim.
9They lie in ambush like a lion ready to attack, ready to leap out from their hiding place to seize their victim. They capture the helpless, throwing a net over them.
10Their victims are knocked down, laid low.#10:10. It is uncertain as to whether this line refers to the victims or the wicked. If it is the latter, it could be translated, “They crouch down and lie low.” They fall under the strength of the wicked.
11They tell themselves, “God won't notice. He's looking the other way. He won't ever see anything.”
12Take a stand, Lord! Raise your hand to strike! Don't forget those who can't defend themselves.
13Why do the wicked think they can treat God with such contempt? Why do they think that God won't make them accountable?
14But you do see the trouble and grief they cause. Take it into your own hands. The helpless trust in you; you defend the orphans.
15Destroy the power of the wicked, those evil people! Call each of them to account until there are none left!
16Lord, you are King forever and ever! The nations will vanish from their lands.
17Lord, you have heard the longing cries of those who are suffering. You will encourage them, for you will listen to them.
18You will defend the rights of orphans and the oppressed so that those who are mere human beings here on earth will never terrorize them again.
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