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, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
4The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. ‘God is not!’ [are] all his devices.
5Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.
6He hath said in his heart, ‘I am not moved,’ To generation and generation not in evil.
7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
8He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,
9He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
10He is bruised — he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
11He said in his heart, ‘God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.’
12Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.
13Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, ‘It is not required.’
14Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.
15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
16 Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!
17The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,
18To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress — man of the earth!
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