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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A Prayer for Justice
1Why are you so far away, O LORD?
Why do you hide yourself when we are in trouble?
2The wicked are proud and persecute the poor;
catch them in the traps they have made.
3The wicked are proud of their evil desires;
the greedy curse and reject the LORD.
4The wicked do not care about the LORD;
in their pride they think that God doesn't matter.
5The wicked succeed in everything.
They cannot understand God's judgements;
they sneer at their enemies.
6They say to themselves, “I will never fail;
I will never be in trouble.”
7 #
Rom 3.14
Their speech is filled with curses, lies, and threats;
they are quick to speak hateful, evil words.
8They hide themselves in the villages,
waiting to murder innocent people.
They spy on their helpless victims;
9they wait in their hiding places like lions.
They lie in wait for the poor;
they catch them in their traps and drag them away.
10The helpless victims lie crushed;
brute strength has defeated them.
11The wicked say to themselves, “God doesn't care!
He has closed his eyes and will never see me!”
12O LORD, punish those wicked people!
Remember those who are suffering!
13How can the wicked despise God
and say to themselves, “He will not punish me”?
14But you do see; you take notice of trouble and suffering
and are always ready to help.
The helpless commit themselves to you;
you have always helped the needy.
15Break the power of wicked and evil people;
punish them for the wrong they have done
until they do it no more.
16The LORD is king for ever and ever.
Those who worship other gods
will vanish from his land.
17You will listen, O LORD, to the prayers of the lowly;
you will give them courage.
18You will hear the cries of the oppressed and the orphans;
you will judge in their favour,
so that mortal men may cause terror no more.
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