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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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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