Psalm Chapter 10 Back NextPsalm 10
{10:1} Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
{10:2} In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
{10:3} For the wicked boasts of his
heart's cravings. He
blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.
{10:4} The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
{10:5} His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your
laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
{10:6} He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."
{10:7} His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
{10:8} He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
{10:9} He lurks in secret as a
lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
{10:10} The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
{10:11} He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."
{10:12} Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless.
{10:13} Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"
{10:14} But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
{10:15} Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
{10:16} Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
{10:17} Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
{10:18} to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the
earth may terrify no more.
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