Psalms 10

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

1Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.

3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not requireit. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

4The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' <FI>are<Fi> all his devices.

5His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

5Pain do his ways at all times, On high <FI>are<Fi> Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries--he puffeth at them.

6He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

6He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue <FI>is<Fi> perverseness and iniquity,

8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

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 lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

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 croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

10He is bruised--he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

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

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 poor.

12Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not requireit?

13Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.'

14Thou hast seenit; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

14Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave <FI>it<Fi> , Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

15Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

16Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.

16Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!

17Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

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 the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

18To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress--man of the earth!