Psalms 10
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# 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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Psalm 10
A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.
1Why do You stand far away, Lord?
Why do You hide #10:1 Or Your eyesYourself in times of trouble?
2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy;
# 10:2 Or They will be caught Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
3¶For the wicked boasts of his soul’s desire,
And #10:3 Or blesses the greedy manthe greedy person curses and shows disrespect to the Lord.
4The wicked, #10:4 Lit the height of his nosein his haughtiness, does not seek Him.
There is no God in all his schemes.
5¶His ways succeed at all times;
Yet Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.
6He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
# 10:6 Lit To Throughout the generations I will not be in adversity.”
7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression;
Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
8He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
He kills the innocent in the secret places;
His eyes #10:8 Lit lie in waitsurreptitiously watch for the #10:8 Or poorunfortunate.
9He lurks in secret like a lion in his #10:9 Or thicketlair;
He lurks to catch the needy;
He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net.
10Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;
And #10:10 Or unhappyunfortunate people fall by his mighty power.
11He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”
12¶Arise, Lord; God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the humble.
13Why has the wicked treated God disrespectfully?
He has said to himself, “#10:13 I.e., as though God will ignore itYou will not require an account.”
14You have seen it, for You have looked at harm and provocation to #10:14 Lit put, givetake it into Your hand.
The #10:14 Or poorunfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.
15Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
# 10:15 Or May You seek Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
16¶The Lord is King forever and ever;
Nations have perished from His land.
17Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will make Your ear attentive
18To #10:18 Lit judgevindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause terror.
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