Psalm 10

1Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

2The wicked…: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecuteThe wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s: Heb. soul’sheart’s desire, and blesseth…: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the Lordblesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is…: or, all his thoughts are, There is no GodGod is not in all his thoughts.

5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

6He hathhas said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never: Heb. unto generation and generationnever be in adversity.

7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit: Heb. deceitsdeceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity: or, iniquityvanity.

8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are…: Heb. hide themselvesare privily set against the poor.

9He lieth in wait secretly: Heb. in the secret placessecretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

10He…: Heb. He breaketh himselfHe croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by…: or, into his strong partsby his strong ones.

11He hathhas said in his heart, God hathhas forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble: or, afflictedhumble.

13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hathhas said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth: Heb. leavethcommitteth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

16The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

17Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare: or, establishprepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18To judge the fatherless and the oppress: or, terrifyoppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.